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LavaFX builds up sales in New York
NEW YORK - LavaFX is building up its sales team in New York with the hire of Curtis Perkins as a senior salesperson.
BarCap loses in London
LONDON - Barclays Capital (BarCap) has seen two departures from its London FX desk in the past two weeks.
Further changes at Merrill Lynch
NEW YORK – Stephen Kemp, global head of FX at Merrill Lynch, has left his role at the US investment bank.
Dresdner sales head departs
FRANKFURT – Juergen Barthel, global head of FX sales at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) in Frankfurt, has left the bank. Although DrKW declined to comment, it is understood Barthel's departure is part of an ongoing restructuring by Harry Culham,…
SG CIB names deputy
PARIS – Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has made Serge Topolanski deputy head of Europe and Asia global FX activities – a newly created position.
Lloyds looks to raise its FX profile
Lloyds TSB may not be well known for FX, but it has made a big-name hire that it hopes will enable it to continue buiding its presence in the fiercely competitive UK market
Commerz continues to rebuild
FRANKFURT & LONDON – Commerzbank has boosted its FX team with four new hires in London and Frankfurt, as it continues to rebuild after cutbacks in late 2004.
IFX bounces back with trio of hires
LONDON – IFX Markets has hired three and promoted two, as it looks to recover from being raided by BGC.
Goldman forex chief retires
NEW YORK – Industry veteran Peter Gerhard has retired from his post at Goldman Sachs, after 23 years there.
Forex head leaves RBC Capital Markets
TORONTO – RBC Capital Markets' most senior member of foreign exchange staff has left the bank, a source on the desk has confirmed.
BGC poaches seven from IFX
LONDON – A seven-strong sales and trading team are understood to have quit IFX Markets – the London-based financial trading and spread-betting company – last Friday.
New service from IF
LONDON – IFX markets is set to launch a money management service aimed at third-party clients in the new year.