People
David Knott departs SG CIB
Co-head of flow fixed income and currencies is to leave the French bank, according to memo circulated this morning
Trading places, January 9, 2012
New appointments at Alpari, FXecosystem and LCH.Clearnet, while SG CIB unveils a new management structure
UniCredit appoints Gentle in FX options
Nick Gentle joins from RBS and will report to Peter Jerrom and Bernd Broeker
Scott Fitzpatrick departs GFI Group
GFI's brokerage client relationship director is relocating to New York with his family, but his professional plans are not yet known
ING moves US-based FX trading desks to Europe
The reorganisation will affect roughly 40 employees and is part of the bank’s preparation for new capital requirements
Citi’s Jones to relocate to London
Simon Jones to head up FX e-trading across G-10 and emerging markets
Drysdale joins RBS from Goldman Sachs
Trader will work in currency options in London, reporting to Richard Fawcett
Chad Smith joins Faros Trading from RBS
Former bank sales head joined Faros on December 1 and reports to Brad Bechtel
BMO hires Richard Brook in spot trading
Ex-JP Morgan trader will start at Bank of Montreal in January
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ expands in FX sales
Moritz Knickrehm and Matthieu Gloux have joined the Japanese bank in London
Wiedmann departs Credit Suisse as FX merges with EM fixed income
Merged unit, known as global currencies and emerging markets, will be established on January 1 under the leadership of Chris Corson and Todd Sandoz
BBVA hires FX strategist in London
Peter Frank joins from Société Générale and reports to Dustin Reid
FX business at Thomson Reuters falls under new management
Matching platforms will no longer fall under the remit of Shanker Ramamurthy, who joined Thomson Reuters from IBM in June
Trading places, December 12, 2011
Promotions and appointments at Advent Software, LCH.Clearnet, SGX and RBC Dexia
Ex-EBS Toland to join LMAX
Icap's ex-head of EBS sales for Europe and North America will join LMAX as head of exchange strategy in January
ING appoints Hudd from BarCap for FX sales
Caroline Hudd will be based in London and report to Emeryc Kpenou
UniCredit FX under new management with Laffineur and Broeker
Bernd Broeker, formally global head of FX options at Nomura, becomes global head of G-10 FX and deputy head of FX
Saxo Bank reshuffles staff to drive platform development
Erik Bjørn Jensen is promoted from regional commercial officer to head of content strategy
Finch returns to DealHub to head new Singapore office
DealHub will open Singapore office in early 2012, under the leadership of former sales and marketing head Tim Finch
Gammage joins FXall from Citi
Citi's former head of G-10 e-commerce sales to head active trading for the Americas at FXall
Lloyds hires Grubb to head algo trading
Howard Grubb joins Lloyds Banking Group from BNP Paribas
Thomson Reuters restructuring hits FX as Glocer departs
A number of senior changes have been made to the vendor's foreign exchange matching business as part of a broader restructuring
Trading places, December 5, 2011
New appointments at Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and CME Group, while UBS chief risk officer steps down
Miles joins FirstForex as director of sales
Simon Miles was previously head of deliverable FX at Mint Partners