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BarCap hires Lehman hedge fund FX chief
GLOBAL – Graham Bibby, head of FX hedge fund sales at Lehman Brothers, is understood to have left the bank for a similar position at Barclays Capital.
Citigroup names Prasad global head of forex and local markets
LONDON – Anil Prasad, head of CEEMEA sales and trading, has been named global head of FX and local markets at Citigroup in London.
Citigroup names Prasad global head of forex and local markets
LONDON – Anil Prasad, head of CEEMEA sales and trading, has been named global head of FX and local markets at Citigroup in London.
Tradition hires five in inflation, new desk head
EUROPE – Interdealer broker Tradition has added to its inflation team across Europe and appointed a new desk head, John Cullen.
Dresdner exodus continues in forex
LONDON – The exodus from Dresdner Kleinwort's foreign exchange business continued last week, with three departures hitting the institutional FX sales desk, and one each from FX options and spot FX trading in London.
Dresdner exodus continues in forex
LONDON – The exodus from Dresdner Kleinwort's foreign exchange business continued last week, with three departures hitting the institutional FX sales desk, and one each from FX options and spot FX trading in London.
SG CIB names forex line-up
LONDON & PARIS – Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) has named three managers to head its global FX business, in its fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) division.
Smith resurfaces at BarCap
LONDON – Barclays Capital has hired Glenn Smith to head short-dated vanilla options trading in London.
Deutsche and RBC appoint senior currency strategists
TOKYO & TORONTO – Currency strategists are en vogue this month, with banks building up FX research teams in Tokyo and Toronto.
BNP Paribas overhauls e-business
PARIS & NEW YORK – BNP Paribas has overhauled its electronic foreign exchange business as it looks to establish itself as a leading player in the arena.
ABN Amro cuts back London forex staff
LONDON – ABN Amro has made cuts to its London FX team, resulting in the departure of John Marley, European head of sales.
Former IFX FX chief set to join Hotspot
LONDON – Kevin Gillespie, former head of foreign exchange at IFX Markets, is to resurface at electronic communications network Hotspot FXi, say market sources.
StanChart restructures institutional sales team
LONDON – Standard Chartered has implemented a new structure for institutional sales in London, following the departure of Tara Hunt, head of global investor sales in October last year.