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Prasad swaps Danske for SEB
Prasad will focus on developing the Swedish bank’s business
360T hires Gavin Wells to lead FX swaps strategy
Industry veteran joining in February to drive 360TGTX MidMatch product
Christopher Purves promoted at UBS London
After a decade at the bank, Purves becomes co-head of execution and platform, as well as co-head of digital
Mike Harris leaves Campbell & Company
Former FX trader exits after working at the firm for almost 20 years
Johnson moves to Floating Point Group
Former FX trader worked in e-FX liquidity distribution at Tower Research Capital earlier in his career
Global Ficc COO exits Citadel Securities
After 13 years at Morgan Stanley, Nicola White joined Citadel’s New York office in 2016
Schmidt heads Emea EMFX and rates trading at Credit Agricole
Markus Schmidt was formerly head of financial markets trading at Bankhaus Lampe in Germany
Franz appointed CIO at State Street
Hire supports continued development of State Street Alpha platform
Oanda names Niebank as global head of product
The 21-year industry veteran has spent his entire career with CMC Markets
FX sales specialist Cifuentes joins BitGo
Formerly at Cboe Global Markets, Andres Cifuentes also worked in prime brokerage at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Mani joins Barclays in macro trading
Rahul Mani’s banking career has spanned Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Nomura
Oanda appoints Grant as COO, Asia-Pacific
David Grant joins from Gain Capital with 20 years’ experience in the e-trading industry
Webber joins XTX from BNPP
Now a member of the non-bank liquidity provider’s global distribution team, Andrew Webber spent most of his FX career as a quant trader
Maheshwari becomes COO and head of Asia-Pacific at Fluent Trade
Previous role was head of relationship management and FX transaction sales at Thomson Reuters
Credit Suisse hires Fuligni in FX sales
Hire comes as Swiss bank invests in platform and markets franchise
Oanda bolsters leadership team
Mark Chesterman named head of trading, Kurt vom Scheidt becomes chief operating officer
Global head of FX Karlsson leaves Danske Bank
Amid a recent slew of FX layoffs, he exited the bank in November
JP Morgan trader Aiyer guilty of price-fixing conspiracy
Akshay Aiyer is second currency trader to be convicted in US’s ongoing probe into FX market
Hamberger to head e-FX at Credit Agricole
The bank's former global e-FX product manager is promoted
Russell Sears joins TradAir as chief revenue officer
Previously, Sears worked at State Street's Currenex and FX Connect
Refinitiv’s Barrow becomes global head of benchmarks index business
Industry veteran has 20 years’ leadership experience at Bankers Trust, Deutsche and State Street
Wilkins promoted to Ficc Emea role at Goldman Sachs
David Wilkins was previously head of global e-FX sales
Chatroom dealings can benefit trading – Aiyer case expert witness
Academic finds 162 examples of traders matching each other in rand chatroom, generating savings of several thousand dollars per trade
BNPP appraisal challenges Katz’s credibility
Former trader’s supervisor highlighted poor performance on FX swaps and bad risk management in 2011 review