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European banks bolster US FX sales coverage
New hires come as BNPP and Deutsche Bank leapfrog US dealers on FX forwards
Deutsche Bank’s head of FX e-trading Benedict Carter retires
Carter spent over 15 years at Deutsche in various spot and electronic trading roles
Morgan Stanley makes cuts to real money FX coverage
Departures from London-based team came as bank was reportedly shedding 2,500 jobs
Citadel Securities’ head of electronic FX departs
Kevin Kimmel’s departure comes just two weeks after the resignation of sales director Brian Seegers
HSBC appoints Benihasim as global FX head
Hong Kong-based Benihasim replaces Richard Bibbey, who moved to London to run institutional sales
IMC appoints head of FX trading
Ex-UBS exotics head Ramon Puyane to join Dutch market-maker
Citi’s head of FX electronic platforms departs
Ala’a Saeed, who oversaw its single-dealer platform, leaves US bank
Deutsche adds three to FX sales team
German bank recruits institutional sales head in New York, along with hires in London and Paris
Nomura hires Leng for dual global FX trading roles
Hire comes as Nomura looks to significantly bolster its FX and macro trading division globally
Capitalab co-founder quits firm
David Bachelier leaves BGC-owned compression venture after seven years
Citi names Stuart Staley FX co-head
US bank’s Asia-Pacific markets head moves to London to work alongside Itay Tuchman
Wells Fargo adds Asia FX trading and sales heads
Weeli Goh joins from TD to head Asia FX trading; Yash Biswas moves from NatWest to run sales
Pollock becomes COO of Diginex in Singapore
Westpac veteran will build out the crypto firm’s office in the city-state
FMSB appoints Rich as general counsel
The lawyer has worked with BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and RBS
Theta hires Meddemmen as chief technology officer
Specialist provider of buy-side trading tech as a service will launch FX capabilities at year-end
Diginex appoints Edwards as head of investment products
A former managing director at UBS Investment Bank, his financial career spans 20 years
State Street Tokyo hires Choi in e-FX sales
Formerly at FX SpotStream Asia, Jangwon Choi joined the firm in December
Former EBS e-FX specialist Myers joins social media platform
Moving from a money market sales position at CME, she becomes CCO at All of Us
Global head of e-FX leaves BGC's Fenics
Liam Hudson was global head of FX e-commerce at BAML earlier
Oanda appoints Coulon as CTO
Emmanuel Coulon joins from ADSS, where he was global head of technology
Wemyss to head business development at Digital Vega
After a quarter century at JP Morgan, he joins the FX options e-trading platform