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Gain hires PFG trading team to boost GTX platform
Gain Capital's GTX institutional platform has hired 10 traders from collapsed broker Peregrine Financial Group as well as FXCM Pro salesman Anthony Scamardella
SG CIB hires buy-side trader
Simon Shooter joins Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking today to work in FX sales to hedge funds
Trading places, July 30, 2012
New appointments at Rule Financial, Deutsche Bank and Bats Chi-X Europe while BAML loses a strategist and Citi loses an options trader
Morgan Stanley hires FX sales head for Asia
Toru Tokoyoda joins Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, having worked previously at Nomura, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs
Newns promoted to chief operating officer at Currenex
David Newns has been promoted to chief operating officer at Currenex, as Chip Lowry moves on to a new role within State Street Global Markets
Ex-Saxo Seitz promoted to head MIG Capital
Bertram Seitz has been promoted to interim chief executive of MIG Capital, following the departure of Damien Francis
Trading places, July 23, 2012
New appointments at Digital Vega, smartTrade Technologies, Bats and MarketPrizm
Saxo appoints Nick Beecroft to chair London board
Saxo Capital Markets UK has appointed market veteran Nick Beecroft as chairman in London to replace Albert Maasland, who quit in May to join Knight Capital
Molten Markets expands with senior hires
Rich Wenzel and Peter Frucht have joined Molten Markets as the firm pushes forward with its new FX ECN
BNP Paribas strategist returns to Sydney with NAB
Ray Attrill has joined National Australia Bank in Sydney, having left his role as head of FX strategy for North America at BNP Paribas
De Lambilly moves to new role at BNP Paribas
Hubert de Lambilly has switched roles at the French bank and will now head the company's fixed-income business for Ceemea
TraFXpure beefs up with Rutherford appointment
TraFXpure has hired Roger Rutherford and Campbell Adams to drive the new platform's strategic vision
Barclays reshuffles FX derivatives management team
Adrian McGowan has relocated from Singapore to London to head FX options and forwards, prompting several FX management changes
UBS appoints EM FX options head
Robert Diehl, formerly of Royal Bank of Scotland, will join UBS in September, initially in Zurich before moving to Singapore early next year
Trading places, July 16, 2012
New appointments at Deutsche Bank, Barclays and FxPro
Nomura creates new FX correlation business
Emerging market options head Will Johns is promoted to run FX correlation in London
Oakley to leave Thomson Reuters
Financial regulatory head will leave Thomson Reuters at the end of this month after 12 years
FX sales veteran departs Nomura
Jake Rue, who most recently worked in structured FX sales, has left Nomura in New York
Trading places, July 9, 2012
John Moorhouse joins Traiana after leaving FXall, while Citi adds Paula Fry to its e-FX sales team
Hassan departs RBS corporate desk
William Hassan, head of UK large-cap corporate FX sales at RBS, has left the bank
Emea sales head exits FXall
FXall has lost its head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, just three months after the departure of Emea general manager Mark Warms
FX sales veteran moves to recruitment
Mike Burton, SG CIB's former head of FX sales, has joined ex-colleague Canice Hogan at recruitment firm Shadowhound
Jerry del Missier resigns in wake of Libor scandal
Barclays COO and long-time derivatives industry figure steps down hours after resignation of chief executive Bob Diamond
Faros appoints Campbell & Co trader to replace Borthwick
Douglas Borthwick, head of trading and strategy at Faros Trading, has left the firm and will be replaced by Michael LaVina