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Trading places, September 3, 2012
New hires at Lloyds and Barclays, while HSBC loses a trader
Credit Suisse hires options trading head for Asia
Former Citi trader has relocated to Singapore to join the Swiss bank
Marex Spectron hires FX algo trading head from Lloyds
Sam Horowitz has joined Marex in London, reporting to Chris Eagle
ADS Securities hires senior dealer from Alpari
Bryan Seegers moves from New York to Abu Dhabi to take up senior dealer role at ADS Securities
Nomura appoints new global head of FX
Jai Rajpal, formerly head of fixed income for Asia ex-Japan, is promoted to head of foreign exchange at Nomura, reporting to Steve Ashley
Tradition hires ex-GFI client relationship director
Scott Fitzpatrick, a 10-year veteran of GFI Group, has joined rival interdealer broker Tradition in New York
Trading places, August 20, 2012
New appointments at CIBC and Citi, while SunGard's Cristóbal Conde takes on a new role at a start-up technology provider
Martine Bond exits Morgan Stanley
The chief operating officer for FX and emerging markets has resigned from Morgan Stanley and is understood to be moving to State Street
CLS hires JP Morgan veteran as chief executive
David Puth will become the next chief executive of CLS, starting next week, the settlement risk utility announced today
Nomura hires ex-RBS corporate risk business head
New appointment follows the departure of Georges Assi last month from his role as deputy global head of fixed income
Morgan Stanley e-commerce head joins RBS
Jeremy Smart last week joined Royal Bank of Scotland as global head of electronic distribution
Trading places, August 13, 2012
Departures at Citi, Deutsche Bank, Nomura and RBS, while Barclays appoints Sir David Walker as its next chairman
BNP Paribas former forex options head joins StanChart
Standard Chartered has appointed a 17-year veteran of BNP Paribas as head of FX options for Asia
Bank of Montreal adds FX strategy head in London
Audrey Childe-Freeman has joined BMO Capital Markets in London as head of FX strategy
HSBC hires from Deutsche to fill hedge fund sales role
Appointment is the latest in a series of hedge fund sales moves after JP Morgan hired Michael Spencer from HSBC earlier this year
Deutsche merges structuring teams across asset classes
As part of a broader structural reorganisation, Deutsche Bank is bringing its structuring teams together into a single business headed by Ram Nayak
Local currency trading head departs BAML
Alex Axentiev’s responsibilities have been assumed by new recruit Guillaume Huteau
Global FX division hires Asia-Pacific MD
David Ngai joined the division in Hong Kong on August 1, reporting locally to Mark Austen and globally to James Kemp
Ex-Marex Rose joins Xenfin Capital
FX market-maker Xenfin has appointed Jamie Rose as head of e-FX, starting today
Trading places, August 6, 2012
New appointments at LCH.Clearnet, WMBAA, Forex Club and Calypso Technology
Morgan Stanley poaches trading head from Citi
Citi's co-head of FX auto trading has left the bank to join Morgan Stanley
Credit Suisse FXPB sales director departs
Martin Bradford has left Credit Suisse, months after the exit of the bank's global head of FXPB
Insight appoints FX strategy veteran as head of currency
Paul Lambert, head of currency at UBS Global Asset Management, will join Insight Investment in September
Lloyds hires two from UBS in Sydney
Paul Bernasconi and Nathan Pederson, both formerly of UBS, have joined Lloyds Banking Group in FX sales and trading in Sydney