Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley e-commerce head joins RBS
Jeremy Smart last week joined Royal Bank of Scotland as global head of electronic distribution
Morgan Stanley adds macro monitoring tool to strategy toolkit
New analytics tool identifies currency pairs that show both strong fundamentals and a resilience to risk shocks, says Morgan Stanley strategist
Morgan Stanley adds Ortus and Quaesta to FX Gateway
US bank continues expansion of currency manager platform
Morgan Stanley poaches trading head from Citi
Citi's co-head of FX auto trading has left the bank to join Morgan Stanley
Credit Suisse FXPB sales director departs
Martin Bradford has left Credit Suisse, months after the exit of the bank's global head of FXPB
Morgan Stanley hires FX sales head for Asia
Toru Tokoyoda joins Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, having worked previously at Nomura, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs
Achievement award: Gil Mandelzis
Traiana’s co-founder and former chief executive wins the 2012 e-FX achievement award in recognition of his lasting contribution to the development of the industry over the past 12 years
Standards multiply as FX TCA takes hold
Increased choice in FX transaction cost analysis (TCA) is giving asset owners more tools to measure the performance of liquidity providers, custodians and trading algos. However, with more opportunities for real-time data capture driving a diversity of…
Eurozone tension expected to cross the Atlantic
Attention of FX market participants is beginning to shift to the effects of the US presidential election and the impending "fiscal cliff"
Currency manager platforms expand coverage of CTAs
Multi-manager platforms are expanding coverage of commodity trading advisers (CTAs), as clients look to gain exposure to this rapidly growing segment, say platform officials.
Faros appoints Campbell & Co trader to replace Borthwick
Douglas Borthwick, head of trading and strategy at Faros Trading, has left the firm and will be replaced by Michael LaVina
FXall enables users to access bank algorithms
New functionality allows clients to route algorithmic and limit order requests to selected banks
Spotlight on: James Watson, FXall
FXall’s newly appointed head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa talks to FX Week about his recent move from an equity sales role at Morgan Stanley into the FX market, and his aspirations for the platform’s European business
Mandelzis hands Traiana baton to Coyne
Gil Mandelzis tells the industry Andy Coyne was his 'immediate no-brainer choice' to succeed him as chief executive of Traiana
Trading places, May 14, 2012
New appointments at DTCC, LCH.Clearnet, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank
CME kicks off client clearing ahead of competitors
CME stole a march on rivals when it cleared its first NDF last week, as the Brazilian real contract was a client trade
Morgan Stanley loses European e-commerce head
Jeremy Smart has resigned from Morgan Stanley after seven years, having served on the bank's fixed-income management team
Trading places, April 23, 2012
FX sales and trading departures from Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Credit Suisse and Standard Chartered
Trading places, April 9, 2012
Departures from JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank appoints a salesman from Credit Suisse
Morgan Stanley calls time on euro and sterling rally
The US bank accurately forecast the euro and sterling would rally moderately against the US dollar during the first quarter, landing it at the top of the one-month rankings, but believes both currencies will now depreciate
Juhlin leaves Morgan Stanley sales role
Glenn Juhlin has left Morgan Stanley in New York
Forex TCA providers proliferate as buy-side demand increases
Buy-side traders are increasingly changing the way they trade and the counterparties they choose as the sophistication of execution benchmarking tools increases, say TCA providers
Curran departs hedge fund sales head role at Nomura
Cost-cutting measures at Nomura hit forex sales and structuring, claiming Louis Curran, Mark Stafford and Peter Larsson
Marex Spectron continues FX expansion
New hires include Willie Sim as head of FX for Asia-Pacific, as well as ex-Lloyds pair Kelvin Jouhar and Hetal Patel