People
Etherington joins BBVA from Lloyds
New addition to corporate FX sales team follows two other senior hires in January
FXall’s Nagel joins ADS Securities
Former Asia sales head at FXall takes on regional sales role at start-up brokerage firm in Abu Dhabi
Closing the FX gender gap
As in much of the financial services sector, the upper echelons of the foreign exchange industry are male-dominated, but a number of market participants say opportunities for women are improving, particularly at the graduate level. Chiara Albanese reports
CLS appoints Naresh Nagia as CRO in New York
Nagia started May 4 and will replace Carol Simon after a transition period
BAML loses FX trading head and senior trader
Anthony John and Graeme King have both left the bank in London
Fage joins Natixis as Lamb and Ware depart
Ex-Crédit Agricole salesman has been hired by Natixis in New York
BarCap loses Danny Wise and six others
UK bank suffers spate of people losses in FX trading, sales, structuring and research
HSBC trio headed for Santander
Three recent departures from HSBC's FX derivatives team will all join Santander
Maxwell quits BAML for Standard Chartered
Appointment follows four senior departures from the Asian bank
Ashraf Laidi quits CMC for start-up consultancy
Intermarket Strategy to focus on analysis and consulting in FX and commodities
Payne leaves HSBC in London
Emerging markets FX official leaves HSBC, following a number of other senior departures in recent weeks
RBC hires Peter Hirsch from StanChart
Three others also understood to have left StanChart's FX sales and trading business
Pagano leaves BNP Paribas for UBS
Will become UBS's head of Italian corporate FX sales
Killen quits HSBC’s FX options desk
The bank has already lost Simon Manwaring and Howard Buckley in London
Wilkins replaces Wee in e-FX role
David Wilkins moves from Barclays Capital to Deutsche Bank to take up the role of head of electronic foreign exchange sales, Asia
Lars Olesen quits Saxo
Former Citi veteran to be replaced by Conor Ringland at Saxo Bank
BMO appoints Nicholson, expands in Hong Kong
Ex-Barclays Capital hedge fund salesman to join Bank of Montreal in London next month
BlueCrest loses London-based currency manager
Reto Feller departs BlueCrest, understood to be considering private banking roles
Paige Orr joins Standard Chartered in London
New investor sales head joins after a year's absence from the market
Patel joins BMO from TD Securities
Former euro and Swiss frank trader takes on senior FX role at Canadian bank