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Ivan Ritossa to leave Barclays
Barclays' global head of FX of more than 10 years will leave the bank at the end of this year as part of a major reorganisation unveiled today
JP Morgan’s Rohrbaugh appointed chair of global FX division
Troy Rohrbaugh, JP Morgan's head of FX and rates, succeeds Zar Amrolia as chair of the industry's global FX division
FX sales co-head leaves HSBC
Robbert Sijbrandij has left HSBC to spend time with his family in Switzerland, having joined the bank in August 2010
Trading places, October 1, 2012
New hires at Barclays and Citi, while Gain Capital loses its CIO and Knight Capital reorganises its management team
Institutional Liquidity hires five in Chicago
The new team in Chicago will operate under Greg Cieply, formerly a senior vice-president at Fixi
BNP Paribas hires sales head for North America
Former Nomura salesman has joined the French bank in New York, reporting locally to George Nunn
TD Securities hires options trader from RBC
New trader started at TD earlier this week and reports to William Kellett
StanChart options duo joins ANZ
Two senior forex options traders that left Standard Chartered in July have joined ANZ in Singapore and New York
EBS adds to product team with senior hire
Eisso VanderMeulen joins Icap in New York to work on EBS product development
Trading places, September 24, 2012
New sales hires at BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, while RBS loses its head of FX sales for North America
UBS sales head for southern Europe departs
The Swiss bank is moving parts of its FX sales team in Lugano back to London as the head of FX sales for the region leaves the bank
Four down in FX at Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse has this month seen four director-level departures in FX sales and trading in Singapore, London and New York
Barclays FX salesperson quits for JP Morgan
A second member of Barclays' northern Europe and Switzerland FX sales team has left the bank to join JP Morgan
Icap's EBS prime-brokerage head departs
David Faulkner, a nine-year veteran of Icap's EBS, has left the interdealer broker
Portware hires three to grow product and sales coverage
Trading technology vendor makes three senior hires to focus on the client experience and meet growing demand for Portware FX
Trading places, September 17, 2012
New hires at BNP Paribas, TD Securities, Esma and Forex Club
BNP Paribas strategy trio joins RBS in Asia
Royal Bank of Scotland has hired three strategists in its Singapore office, all joining from French bank BNP Paribas
Russia’s Troika Dialog hires e-FX head
Peter Holowka joins the Russian bank in London, having previously been global head of electronic commerce at UniCredit
Thomson Reuters veteran joins Nyse Technologies
Jon Robson, previously president of the enterprise division at Thomson Reuters, is to head up the commercial technology arm of Nyse Euronext
Trading places, September 10, 2012
New hires at Commerzbank, Citi and FX Solutions
RBS head of FX strategy departs
Robert Sinche, global head of FX strategy at RBS in Stamford, has left the bank this week
Deutsche Ceemea sales head departs
18-year veteran of Deutsche Bank will leave in late October, after completing a handover to his successor
SG CIB expands in FX sales with string of hires
Société Générale CIB has made four appointments to its FX sales team in London, while ex-FXall Keith Hill has joined the bank this week to head e-FX
Deutsche creates cross-asset platforms business under Amrolia
Deutsche Bank's Zar Amrolia runs a new business focused on electronic platforms across fixed income, while Kevin Rodgers has stepped up to become global head of FX