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Nomura hires senior FX trader in New York
James Lanzilotti has joined the Japanese bank from Credit Suisse
SurfacExchange business development manager exits
Lina Zilenaite has joined Louis Capital Markets in London
Trading places, June 10, 2013
New hires at Goldman Sachs, TraderTools, GFI, ECU and CRT Capital
Deutsche’s Jason Shell takes sabbatical
David Wayne is relocating to New York to head FX in North America, while also retaining his current role as head of FX derivatives
BNP Paribas beefs up client clearing team
The French bank has made seven new hires to build out its new derivatives client clearing business, including three from JP Morgan
Ex-JP Morgan algo head joins BAML
Alex Shterenberg joins Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York after six years with JP Morgan
Crédit Agricole hires in central bank FX sales
Former FX sales director at Barclays and Deutsche Bank has joined the French bank in London
Trading places, June 3, 2013
New hires at Icap, Danske Bank, Nomura and HSBC
SurfacExchange chief exits
Evgeni Mitkov, the first chief executive of FX options platform SurfacExchange, has left the firm less than two years after the platform launched
Hedge fund sales head to leave Commerz
Mark Cudmore will leave the German bank at the end of August, after two years in the role
Ex-NAB Pragastis joins property fund
Tom Pragastis joins Australian start-up fund as executive director and chief information officer
Neill Penney joins Thomson Reuters under Weisberg
Morgan Stanley's former head of FX product strategy joined Thomson Reuters yesterday, where he will be working once again for Phil Weisberg
KC Lam exits CME in Asia
Exchange group merges FX and interest rates coverage in Asia-Pacific
Trading Places, May 27, 2013
BAML and Nomura build in sales, while technology firm Orc Group appoints a new president for its Americas operations
Banks beef up in real-money sales
Westpac sales head Corinna Wong joins Morgan Stanley, while Craig Weiner moves from JP Morgan to Standard Chartered
BMO expands FX business with four global hires
Canadian bank makes two senior strategy hires from Citi and Crédit Agricole, and expands FX sales team
Trading Places, May 20, 2013
CIBC wins from Barclays in sales, while Citi loses in precious metals
UBS loses Francis in FX sales
Sally Francis resigns after 12 years at the Swiss bank
Eagle departs Marex Spectron
Global FX head set to leave the broker in the summer
EBS veteran Faulkner joins Integral
Technology vendor's hire of David Faulkner reverses flow of staff from Integral to EBS
Trading Places, May 10, 2013
Citi hires in options sales, Morgan Stanley's Marfat joins BNP Paribas, while Oanda appoints a new chief executive in Asia-Pacific
New global FX options head at Credit Suisse
Joerg Schmuecker takes on new role in private banking and wealth management
Commerzbank expands FX sales team in London
Commerzbank builds in FX, hiring salespeople from Société Générale and Credit Suisse
NAB promotes new global head of FX trading
Former FX global capital markets head David Jones replaces Tom Pragastis at NAB in London