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Swiss regulator investigates FX rate manipulation
Switzerland's Finma this morning announced it is investigating manipulation of exchange rates, while UBS is reported to have dismissed its spot-trading heads
UBS aims for full FX launch on Neo in Q1
Following the recent launch of the UBS Neo cross-asset platform, FX e-trading head Chris Purves talks to Miriam Siers about the bank’s electronic strategy, both on its own platform and other venues
BNP Paribas hires UBS sales veteran
Sally Francis has joined UBS as head of FX investor sales for Emea, based in London
Asia sales head exits UBS
Louis Curran has left UBS in Singapore after less than 18 months in the role
Credit Suisse global FX head Sandoz to leave
Todd Sandoz is to leave the Swiss bank after 17 years and will be replaced by David Tait, currently global head of FX trading
Barclays to add algo tools to Gator aggregator
Barclays will add new, less aggressive algos to Gator in the fourth quarter as it looks to make the product more accessible to real-money and corporate clients that prefer to trade with minimal market impact
UBS hires in emerging markets spot FX
Heinrich Putter, formerly of Credit Suisse, has joined UBS in Zurich
Dion hires strategic alliances head in Europe
New hires at Dion Global Solutions, Citi, UBS and TradeStation Prime Services
UBS hires FX quant head from State Street
Ciara O'Brien joins UBS to head electronic foreign exchange quantitative trading analytics
VTB Capital hires Tripathi to head FX derivatives
Experienced FX options trader, most recently at UBS in Singapore, has joined the Russian bank to run its FX derivatives business
UBS FX quant head moves to Citi
Mark Meredith departs UBS to co-head Citi's Autotrader platform in London
UBS makes senior appointment in FX prime brokerage
Andrew Rosoman started at UBS today, having joined from rival Credit Suisse
FX platform pricing needs a rethink, say banks
Greater transparency on fees at some new trading platforms is a welcome development, with banks calling on incumbent platforms to rethink their fixed costs, as well as the discounts they offer to incentivise volume
Gain GTX makes senior hire in London
UBS veteran Peter Cronin will join Gain Capital on Monday, reporting to Joe Wald, head of GTX in New York
Nomura's European strategy head departs
Geoffrey Kendrick has left the Japanese bank after almost three years
EBS takes aim at maligned aggregation practices
Icap’s EBS is setting out new best practices on aggregation and will only connect to aggregators that adhere to them, as it seeks to further overhaul the experience of its liquidity consumers
ParFX targets buy side inclusion by Q4
The platform will open its doors to non-bank market participants later this year in what will be the real test of its level-playing-field design
UBS loses Francis in FX sales
Sally Francis resigns after 12 years at the Swiss bank
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Citi hires in options sales, Morgan Stanley's Marfat joins BNP Paribas, while Oanda appoints a new chief executive in Asia-Pacific
JP Morgan loses head of FX algo products
Alex Shterenberg departs the bank in New York
UBS becomes eighth liquidity provider on FXSpotStream
Swiss bank scheduled to be live by late in the second quarter as the aggregation service continues to gain traction, with plans to expand into new products
UBS salesman returns after three years at Barclays
Swiss bank has re-hired an institutional FX salesman in Stamford who left the bank in 2010 to join Barclays in New York
Credit Suisse's US trading head departs
James Lanzilotti is leaving Credit Suisse in New York after less than a year as head of FX trading for the US
Sterling expected to slide further after UK downgrade
FX traders and strategists believe the pound still has further to fall, having already depreciated significantly against the dollar since January