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Sales head Héritier quits RBC
LONDON – François Héritier, managing director in foreign exchange sales, has left Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets (RBC) in London, according to market sources.
Trading Places, July 26, 2010
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CIBC continues FSG build
TORONTO - CIBC has made four key hires in its financial institutions group (FSG) in London, Toronto and Hong Kong, as it builds up its global capabilities.
Trading shuffle at TD Securities
LONDON – TD Securities has made a spot hire but also replaced a recently departed options trader, confirmed Mark August in London, managing director and head of FX sales and trading for Europe in London.
BarCap hires in correlations
LONDON – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has hired Leo Cabral to head its correlations desk in London.
RBC goes macro with Severi
TORONTO – Andre Severi has joined RBC Capital Markets (RBC) as head of Canadian macro foreign exchange sales in Toronto, from State Street.
RBS adds in e-sales
STAMFORD, CT – Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is increasing coverage of electronic sales to financial institutions with a hire from Barclays Capital in the US.
Trading Places, July 19, 2010
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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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