People
‘You can’t game the fix,’ jurors hear in FX Cartel trial
Melvin says if the three traders wanted to game the fix, they couldn’t have chosen a worse time because the market is too liquid then
Timmons set for UK return
Laurence Timmons is due to finish his two-year secondment to Asia and head back to London
HC Tech recruits Puma and Powers
Richard Puma joins as COO and Eric Powers as head of infrastructure
FX Cartel defence seeks mistrial after Gardiner’s testimony
Counsels claim “highly prejudicial” line of questioning from US has created “irreparable prejudice”
Gardiner faces cross-examination
Defence uses data and audio calls to show the accused men traded independently – piercing holes in Gardiner’s testimony
Rossi and Sellwood join Barclays
The two men will work in FX hedge fund sales
Barclays hires two for Asian NDF trading team
Bengco and Parameswaran join the bank in Singapore
Gardiner: FX Cartel had ‘gentlemen’s agreement’
Matthew Gardiner, a co-operating witness for the government, says the group co-ordinated trades for profit
Calpers did not notice price discrepancies in FX Cartel case
“If I had, I would’ve said something earlier,” managing investment director tells court
Gurcuoglu joins Stater Global Markets
Ayhan Gurcuoglu was previously regional manager for Turkey at Sucden Financial
Cartel trial kicks off with ‘billions of dollars’ claim
US prosecutors say the three former traders crossed the line and got an unfair advantage
Law joins CLS in Hong Kong
Margaret Law joins from Northern Trust and reports to Joe Ziccarelli
Exegy promotes Anderson, hires Faulkner
The firm promotes Robert Anderson and adds John Faulkner to London sales team
Olesen to head Emea at Integral
Lars Olesen set to join Palo Alto-based firm in November
Britko joins FlexTrade
Lora Britko moves to the firm from State Street
Davies joins Stater Global Markets in sales
Michael Davies will lead the sales team of the FX prime-of-prime broker
Expert testimony resolved in Cartel case
Judge threatens to strike expert testimony if both sides go beyond their recent agreement
Monnier moves to Barclays
Former Deutsche Bank FX restructurer joins UK bank in London
Plansky becomes new chief executive at Charles River
He joins as State Street’s acquisition of Charles River is finalised
BNY Mellon hires Lee as FX trader
Jonathan Lee moves to the bank from Standard Chartered
Dewhurst to head FX and EM sales at SocGen
Alexandre Dewhurst joined the firm in 2009
Darbari to head Asia FX options at Nomura
Rahul Darbari returns to sell side after two years in New Zealand, trading for a firm he co-founded
Cartel judge warns on expert testimony
Berman says testimonies from two experts have the potential to encroach on his role and the role of the jury
Kopman exits Santander
Spanish dealer's global head of FX e-commerce moves back to US