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Trading places, January 21, 2013
New appointments at Oanda, Barracuda FX and Deutsche Bank
Gain Capital hires new chief for GTX
The former head of Knight Direct and founder of EdgeTrade is joining Gain Capital to head its institutional FX platform, GTX
Corporate sales head exits Citi
Head of FX sales to UK corporates has left Citi in London after 14 years with the bank
Swedbank’s head of FX to move to new role
The global head of FX and fixed income at Swedbank will become chief executive of the bank's asset management business on January 28
Credit Suisse hires ex-Barclays e-FX salesman
New head of electronic sales for Emea joined Credit Suisse in London last week, reporting locally to Rob Maher
C-View hires industry veteran to run new rates product
Nick Beecroft started at the UK-based currency manager today and will retain his role as non-executive chairman of Saxo Bank's London board
Trading places, January 14, 2013
New appointments at Barclays, BlueMountain and the FIA, while Morgan Stanley FX prime brokerage co-head relocates to London
Senior relationship manager exits Thomson Reuters
Head of interdealer broker relationship management has left Thomson Reuters after seven years
FX portfolio manager exits Armajaro AM
Former Brevan Howard trader James Whitehead has left hedge fund manager Armajaro after just over two years
EBS appoints Integral co-founder as CTO
Viral Tolat joins EBS in New York as chief executive Gil Mandelzis continues his ambitious expansion plans for the flagship FX platform
Barnes takes over FX options at RBS
Mark Barnes, formerly global head of FX at Royal Bank of Scotland, has taken on additional responsibility for FX options while Richard Fawcett is on leave
SEB makes three senior promotions in FX
Shaun Barham is relocating from Singapore to London, while Erik Bauer moves from Stockholm to New York to run FX, fixed income and equities
FX investor sales head to leave ANZ
Thomas Mummert is to leave ANZ in Singapore after two years
Gelber's Swiss chief joins Stone Milliner
FX industry veteran has joined Stone Milliner as a portfolio manager in Zurich
Senior spot trader departs Deutsche after closure of prop desk
Deutsche Bank last month shut down its proprietary FX trading desk in London, leading to the departure of the senior trader who ran the desk
Macro sales head departs RBC Capital Markets
Royal Bank of Canada's global head of macro FX sales in London is leaving the bank
Trading places, January 7, 2013
New hires at Commerzbank, SG CIB, C-View and Progress Software
Saxo appoints new Amsterdam chief
Job Barth is to run the bank's operations in the Netherlands after former co-heads depart next month
CBA hires head of FX for the Americas
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hired Joe Cardello from Jefferies Bache in New York
Weisberg to head FX at Thomson Reuters as Singh departs
Phil Weisberg, FXall's chief executive, has been appointed global head of FX at Thomson Reuters, while FX architect Jas Singh is to leave the company after 10 years
Advanced Markets expands in institutional FX sales
Karma Tenzing joins Advanced Markets to work in FX sales, just months after the vendor entered into the FX market in September
CRT Capital hires senior trio to run FX desk
The Stamford-based broker-dealer has been developing its FX business for the past year, and hired three experienced professionals to run it
FXCM promotes Hampton to head options sales
Anoushka Hampton has been appointed global head of FX options sales at FXCM in London
360T Americas chief executive departs
Philip Harris has left the FX trading platform provider after four years