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ACI FX committee adds corporate members
Representatives from Google and Ericsson join the FX industry association
Ex-RBS options trader moves to Crossbridge Capital in Singapore
Galen Murphy left RBS last year with Nick Gentle and Pauric Hanna, who are now at UniCredit and CIBC respectively
Newedge hires Roper in FX sales
Andrew Roper joins Newedge from UniCredit, where he worked in FX institutional sales
Tarun Jotwani to leave Nomura
Global head of markets is made redundant from the Japanese bank
Morgan Stanley cuts hit FX sales and trading
Job cuts at the US bank claim four salespeople and two traders in New York and London
Rabobank hires FX strategist in London
Christian Lawrence joins from RBC Capital Markets, and reports to Jane Foley
LCH.Clearnet hires options technology head from BAML
Emanur Rahman will report to CIO Tom Zschach, who also joined from BAML last year
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