People
Lloyds strengthens structuring team with new hires
Phil McCabe joins Lloyds as head of client structuring in FX rates and commodities. He is based in London and reports directly to Patrick Shone, head of structuring.
Trading Places, October 18, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
SocGen hires two in trading
LONDON - Société Générale hired two new foreign exchange options traders in London last month, confirmed an internal source.
RBS bounces back with hire of new options head
LONDON - Richard Fawcett has joined Royal Bank of Scotland as global head of foreign exchange options in London.
Garwood returns to sell-side
LONDON - Lloyds TSB has hired UBS veteran Rob Garwood as its new head of global FX sales to strengthen its UK sales team in London.
City workers confident about bonuses
LONDON – Confidence in bonuses is firmly back on track, with 89% of staff in London’s financial services sector expecting a similar or improved bonus package for 2011.
Trading Places, October 11, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
UBS unites FX and interest rates in new role
LONDON - UBS has appointed Philippe Balland as global head of interest rates and FX quantitative research, a newly created role that unifies interest rates and FX research portfolios.
BNPP names first member of new flow sales team
LONDON - BNP Paribas has hired Nezha Niyassi as the first member of the newly created FX flow sales team, developed to boost electronic flow.
Banks build strategy in US and UK
NEW YORK & LONDON – Barclays Capital, Citi and Nomura have bolstered their strategy teams through a series of new hires on both sides of the Atlantic.
BarCap hires new strategy head
NEW YORK – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has hired Jeff Young in a newly-created role of managing director and head of North America FX research, in New York, the bank said on Wednesday 6.
Kemp named managing director at Afme FX division
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has named James Kemp as managing director of its recently formed global foreign exchange division.
RBC continues Asia-Pacific build and globalises Fic central bank sales
RBC Capital Markets has hired Glenn Anson as a managing director and global co-head of central bank sales, from Nomura in London.
Morgan Stanley hires Héritier from RBC
Morgan Stanley in London has hired Francois Héritier to its French corporate sales team, according to market sources.
SocGen makes key options hire in London
LONDON - Société Générale has hired Tariq Haider in London as head of the options desk, according to market sources.
BarCap loses a further two to UBS
LONDON - UBS is continuing to lure FX staff away from Barclays Capital, with two additions from the UK bank in London.
Trading Places, October 4, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Icap attracts 15 counterparties to yuan trading
HONG KONG - Fifteen banks have signed up to trade USD/CNY on electronic broking system EBS Spot within the first week of launch, as the broker prepares to extend yuan trading against the euro, yen, Hong Kong dollar and Swiss franc in coming weeks.
Westpac builds out staff globally
Westpac has made a series of hires in London and New York to better support its clients in the northern hemisphere, said Richard Attrill, the bank's London-based head of FX, commodities, carbon and energy for the UK and Europe.
Trading Places, September 27, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
UBS sources another ex-BarCap talent
UBS is continuing its senior management restructure with the hire of Andrew Kaufmann from Barclays Capital (BarCap) as global head of FX structuring, confirmed an internal bank source.
BAML continues restructure; evolves to meet regulations
NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) continues to reorganise its business post-merger and ahead of forthcoming regulations, resulting in management changes in FX and the launch of a futures and derivatives clearing service.
Corinne Neale joins Credit Suisse for Asia foreign exchange client risk advisory
Credit Suisse has added to its Asia foreign exchange risk advisory in line with the bank's strategy to expand forex business in Asia
Banks bags top sales job at BNPP
LONDON – Clive Banks has been promoted to the new role of global head of FX and local market sales at BNP Paribas in London, the bank confirmed today (Tuesday 21).