Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange concerns prompt investors to seek diversification
People on the buy-side give their thoughts on the prospect of a currency war, as central banks grapple with the problem of how much to intervene in their FX markets
RBS targets US growth
Royal Bank of Scotland has topped this week's 12-month historical index by maintaining that the global recovery would not be derailed by intensifying problems in the eurozone periphery.
Delelis finds a new home
Former head of spot and proprietary trading at Credit Suisse Alain Delelis has been hired by proprietary trading firm First New York Securities in New York (FX Week, March 22, 2010).
SocGen strengthens strategy team
Société Générale has strengthened its foreign exchange strategy team with three new hires in London, following the departure last year of senior FX strategist Valentin Marinov in London.
Post-restructuring movement at BarCap
Barclays Capital continues to reorganise its foreign exchange business with a promotion, while news of more departures from the business emerge.
Citi takes hit in rates and currencies
Citi and JP Morgan began the US quarterly results round, reporting a year-on-year drop in fourth-quarter fixed-income business revenues, with Citi citing falls in rates and currencies revenues.
Marex signs up to CME and Ice
Institutional broker Marex has joined exchanges CME and Ice as a full clearing member, it announced on January 18. Hunter Baldwin, managing director at Marex North America, said the move was in response to customer demand and Marex’s expansion into North…
China tests further easing of renminbi convertibility of capital account
China's State Council is advising the Shenzhen municipal government and local regulators about permitting renimibi conversion outside of currency restrictions
Connors out of Goldman Sachs
Senior foreign exchange manager leaves US bank for alleged compliance irregularities
Bayer warns EC: Don’t force us to slash jobs in EU
Christian Held, head of corporate treasury at pharmaceutical giant Bayer, threatened to move jobs abroad unless the European Commission “lets common sense prevail” over FX derivatives regulation.
Pension funds need exclusion from clearing, says Record
Mandatory clearing of FX forwards will seriously disrupt the investment strategies of pension funds, according to Neil Record, chairman at Record Currency Management.
UBS: FX CCPs will be “too big to fail”
Foreign exchange central counterparties (CCPs) will automatically be “too big to fail” because the consequences of failure are too terrible, according to Huw Evans, managing director and chief operating officer of FX at UBS.
China key to euro fortunes
Simon Derrick, global head of FX strategy at Bank of New York Mellon in London says China’s fortunes are tightly entwined with those of the euro
BarCap departures on both sides of the Atlantic
Barclays Capital saw departures in London and New York last Wednesday (January 12) as the bank undergoes a series of cutbacks, according to market sources.
Taylor calls it quits at CZ
Jason Taylor is leaving Commerzbank in London at the end of the month, according to internal sources at the bank.
CBA hires in spot and trading in NY
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has made two new hires in sales and trading in New York.
4Cast wins out with euro risk
4Cast topped the one-month currency forecast rankings by predicting that the euro bounce at the start of the year would take a hit from the return of concerns over euro sovereign debt.
Trading Places, January 17, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Saxo hires Citi vet
Saxo Bank has hired Citi’s former global head of client management as it expands its front-office business in London.
Brown returns to market at BBVA
HSBC veteran returns to market in key role for Spanish dealer
Yield strategy wins out in 2010
Currency managers using the yield strategy would have been top performers in 2010, indicates research from Royal Bank of Scotland. The bank’s naive simulations of currency strategies found that the yield strategy generated 8.9% last year and 5.3% in…
ParkerFX loses out in November
The Parker FX Index reported a –0.39% return for November as the risk-aversion based US dollar rally caught out the majority of currency managers.
Spot volumes flat in December
Foreign exchange spot volumes for December were level compared to December 2009, but dropped significantly from November, due to the Christmas season slowdown.