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CBA gains Plesser in senior sales hire
NEW YORK – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has appointed Paul Plesser from HSBC as its new head of foreign exchange sales for the Americas in New York, confirmed a spokesperson.
Banks show demand for strategists
LONDON & NEW YORK - Banks are boosting their foreign exchange research coverage, with prominent senior hires announced last week at Deutsche Bank and Société Générale.
UniCredit gets Mohr from Commerzbank
MUNICH – UniCredit has boosted its coverage in Germany with the hire of Martin Mohr in Munich as head of institutional FX sales for Germany.
Citi builds out European FX sales
LONDON & PARIS - Citi is increasing its coverage of European clients with hires in Paris, London and Milan.
RBS loses two in sales
LONDON & FRANKFURT - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lost two members of its sales team in London and Frankfurt, according to market sources.
Trading Places, July 12, 2010
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BarCap loses two in vanilla options
LONDON – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has lost two from its vanilla options team in London, the UK bank confirmed.
Godfrey resurfaces at Wells Fargo
SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Godfrey, formerly co-head of global rates, currencies and commodities electronic solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), has joined Wells Fargo as head of its foreign exchange e-commerce division.
Skowronski takes the lead at Alpari
LONDON & NEW YORK – Daniel Skowronski has joined the executive management team of Alpari, a provider of online FX trading services
Lutton and Yi resurface at Nomura
NEW YORK - Chris Lutton and Christina Yi are tipped to resurface at Nomura in New York, according to market sources
RBC hires new head of EMEA strategy
LONDON – RBC Capital Markets (RBC) has hired Robert Beange as a managing director and head of strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), it announced on June 28.
Bache adds to London FX team
LONDON – Bache Commodities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, has hired Jonathan Webb as head of FX strategy and George Tsiourvas as a vice-president in FX sales.
Deutsche makes two senior hires in Moscow
MOSCOW – Deutsche Bank has hired Bulent Ilgun as head of treasury, and head of rates and FX trading in Russia, it announced on June 30. It also announced the hire of Evgeny Monakhov as head of equity sales for Russia.
Trading Places, July 5, 2010
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Deutsche loses two in San Fran but gains in New York
SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank has lost two foreign exchange salespeople in San Francisco but gained one in New York, according to market sources.
Trading Places, June 28, 2010
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Popofsky quits BNPP
NEW YORK – Garry Popofsky resigned from BNP Paribas yesterday (June 24), according to an internal memo.
UBS hires former BarCap sales duo
LONDON – UBS has hired George Athanasopoulos and Richard Longmore in senior sales positions in London, according to internal sources.
BAML brings in new head of EMEA FXPB
LONDON – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has hired Mark McDonnell to head its foreign exchange prime brokerage team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from London, according to an internal memo.
Credit Suisse loses Hassan but gains in EM
LONDON, NEW YORK & HONG KONG - Credit Suisse has lost an FX salesperson in London but has kept its eye on the prize with a series of hires in Hong Kong targeting emerging markets.
BNPP carves out bigger sales team
LONDON & NEW YORK – BNP Paribas (BNPP) has expanded its sales team with a key hire in London and three new starters in New York.
Revolving doors in JP Morgan FX sales
LONDON – JP Morgan has hired an electronic foreign exchange salesperson but has lost three others in FX sales, according to market sources.
Trading Places, June 21, 2010
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Deutsche rings in changes: promotes Altunis
LONDON - Deutsche Bank has made Kenan Altunis European head of institutional foreign exchange sales in London amid promotions in the business announced on Tuesday (June 16).