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RBS hires global FX options head from Santander
Simon Manwaring has joined Royal Bank of Scotland in London as global head of FX options, reporting to James Pearson
Lloyds hires Arrowsmith in corporate sales
Ian Arrowsmith joins Lloyds from Santander; other hires at BT Global Services, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan
Lack of Esma clarity delays progress on FX trade reporting
Questions raised by Isda concerning trade reporting workflows have not yet been answered, delaying preparations for the start of mandatory trade reporting early next year
RBS reshuffles Emea FX sales management
Toby Cole and Robert Godber are promoted to head institutional FX sales in Emea, following recent departures
Royal Bank of Scotland to exit CFD trading
RBS informed customers this week that its marketindex CFD business will close in November
Weaker franc leads to speculation over future of SNB floor
Volatility has picked up in EUR/CHF this year, but traders believe the franc needs to weaken a lot more before the Swiss National Bank would consider easing its policy
Banks struggling with European reporting rules
Reporting infrastructure built to fulfil Dodd-Frank requirements will need to be revamped to meet Emir standards, say banks
RBS's Ahmad joins JPMorgan Asset Management in emerging markets debt and currencies
Appointment signals demand for investments in emerging markets debt and currencies
Taking HFT to task
As a small group of high-frequency traders (HFTs) rise to prominence as market-makers in spot FX, the reliability of their prices during times of market stress has been called into question – so much so that electronic trading platforms are taking steps…
Integrate to accumulate
Increased volatility, lower availability of credit and emerging market expansion is accelerating the integration of cash management and FX, says Laurence Neville
UBS veteran takes top FX sales role at RBS
After a year-long break from the industry, Ed Hulina joins Royal Bank of Scotland to head up FX and emerging markets sales in the Americas
ABN Amro hires Duff to build FX clearing business
Dutch bank hires industry veteran to launch clearing business in North America
UBS appoints EM FX options head
Robert Diehl, formerly of Royal Bank of Scotland, will join UBS in September, initially in Zurich before moving to Singapore early next year
RBS on top with short-term euro resilience bet
Royal Bank of Scotland predicted the euro would bounce a little more than expected in June, landing it at the top of the one-month rankings
FXecosystem hires US salesman
FX sales veteran Robert Dantone will join FXecosystem from FlexTrade on June 1
Trading places, May 14, 2012
New appointments at DTCC, LCH.Clearnet, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank
Ex-Credit Suisse e-FX head joins RBS
Nicholas Barker, who left Credit Suisse in November 2011 and had previously worked at UBS for 10 years, has joined RBS
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
Deutsche hires Paul Houston in FXPB
Paul Houston, formerly global head of FX prime brokerage at Credit Suisse, is to join Deutsche Bank as European head of FXPB
Credit Suisse loses head of FXPB
Paul Houston, Credit Suisse's London-based global head of FX prime brokerage, has left the bank
Veteran EM trader exits RBS for the buy side
Eric Lieberson has left Royal Bank of Scotland after 17 years, to join Civic Capital, a New York-based advisory firm set to launch a hedge fund later this year
Trading places, April 9, 2012
Departures from JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank appoints a salesman from Credit Suisse
Francis leaves top sales role at RBS
Lisa Francis, head of UK and northern European FX sales, has left Royal Bank of Scotland
Ex-RBS options trader moves to Crossbridge Capital in Singapore
Galen Murphy left RBS last year with Nick Gentle and Pauric Hanna, who are now at UniCredit and CIBC respectively