People
MF Global hires Kemp and Olesen to drive fresh strategy
Citi veterans will take senior roles in New York and London as MF Global repositions itself as an investment bank
BNP Paribas hires Nash from Barclays Capital
Move follows relocation of James Davison to New York in January
Haley leaves CIBC in London
Institutional sales head has left Canadian bank
BAML's John to join Citi in spot trading
Anthony John has left BAML alongside senior FX trader Graeme King
Di Clemente quits UniCredit for Daiwa
Japanese bank hires Di Clemente to senior FX role in Hong Kong
CIBC appoints Mondedeu to senior trading role
Mondedeu will relocate from Madrid to London to take on new position
Credit Suisse hires Lawes from BAML
Spot trader joins Swiss bank as Oleg Grishin hired in Singapore and Magda Rakita departs in London
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