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RBS builds Asia-Pacific FX
SINGAPORE & HONG KONG - The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has boosted its Asia-Pacific franchise with senior staff from competing banks for newly created senior foreign exchange trading and structuring roles.
TD Securities continues FX expansion
LONDON - TD Securities is continuing to expand its European FX franchise, with a senior hire from rival Canadian dealer RBC Capital Markets.
Dresdner bulks up trading
LONDON - Constantinos Constantinou is to rejoin Dresdner Kleinwort after decamping to its US competitor Merrill Lynch last year, the German dealer has confirmed with FX Week .
Citi hires one but loses three in Singapore FX
SINGAPORE & LONDON - Citi has added a spot desk head but has also cut three members from its foreign exchange team in Singapore, said market sources.
Perez-Yarza emerges at JP Morgan
LONDON - A former member of Credit Suisse's foreign exchange sales team to Southern Europe, Guillermo Cebrian Perez-Yarza, has resurfaced at JP Morgan, he has told FX Week .
FX head quits Credit Suisse
LONDON - Credit Suisse has lost its head of UK foreign exchange sales, the Swiss dealer has confirmed.
Wesselius joins Deutsche
AMSTERDAM, ATHENS & LONDON - Deutsche Bank has hired BNP Paribas' former foreign exchange sales head for the Netherlands to lead its Dutch FX coverage.
One down in FX at Credit Suisse LONDON
Credit Suisse is understood to have suffered a loss in its foreign exchange options team in London. Ian Hamilton, an FX exotics options trader at the bank, is said to have left last week (July 7).
Moumdjian quits BoA
NEW YORK - Harry Moumdjian, principal and head of electronic solutions sales for North America at Bank of America in New York, has resigned from the bank.
Calyon loses FX exotics head in London
LONDON - Calyon has lost its head of foreign exchange exotic derivatives trading in London, industry sources have told FX Week .
Last FX man standing quits at Credit Suisse
LONDON & GREENWICH - The last member of Credit Suisse's defunct foreign exchange team for southern Europe is leaving the bank, market sources tell FX Week .
More departures from JP Morgan
LONDON - Mass redundancies are continuing to affect the foreign exchange desks of JP Morgan in London, with two former Bank One staff reputed to have left the US dealer this month.
Two FX options traders quit Merrill Lynch
LONDON - Merrill Lynch has lost two star foreign exchange options traders in London, market sources tell FX Week .
UniCredit eyes up US
NEW YORK - UniCredit has turned its sights to the US by making key foreign exchange hires, after driving its sales and trading businesses in Asia.
BoA hires London forex duo
LONDON - Bank of America (BoA) is hitting back after making severe cuts to its foreign exchange team in January by boosting its sales and trading franchise in London with two senior hires.
Barclays Capital loses two in European sales
LONDON - Barclays Capital has lost two senior foreign exchange salespeople in London, according to industry sources.