Foreign exchange
Deutsche in drive for US sales growth
Deutsche Bank has made two senior hires in its North America foreign exchange team: David Paster and Linda Crish.
BAML builds out UK corporate sales
LONDON – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is expanding its UK FX corporate sales team with the hires of Matt Rolfe and Nick Hardy in London.
UBS loses three in sales
LONDON & STAMFORD, CT - UBS has lost three salespeople on both sides of the Atlantic in the past fortnight. All are due to set up shop at rival camps.
Informa: Yen set to regain funding crown
Informa topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with a dollar-bullish view.
Trading Places, April 5, 2010
Read this week's people moves in the FX market across London, New York and Hong Kong.
BarCap loses Mihocko-Tierney to BAML
BAML gains in electronic commerce and investor sales
BNP Paribas: Liquidity withdrawal key to dollar recovery
BNP Paribas has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings by focusing on the long-lasting effect of central bank liquidity measures.
Otkritie poaches MDM's FX Team
A new force in Russian FX is making its presence felt.
ABN Amro set to restart 24h forex business
ABN Amro is set to re-launch its 24-hour trading capabilities next month, as it aims to regain clients lost after the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) acquired its foreign exchange business in 2007.
Asia live with pooled reserves fund
HONG KONG – Asia took a crucial step towards regional independence with the introduction of $120 billion in reserve funds under the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) arrangement, last Wednesday (March 24).
EBS contemplates new direction
Interdealer broker Icap is continuing to evaluate ways to expand its business proposition, perhaps employing the more technology vendor-approach taken by rival platforms Currenex and FXall.
Greek bailout fails to inspire FX traders
The Greek bailout fails to appease forex traders
Weiss and Dechpokket depart Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse loses two more options traders
Nordea eyes retail FX
Nordic seeks uncorrelated flow
Trading Places, March 29, 2010
People moves
Corporate hedge ratios reach record levels
JP Morgan corporate survey released
Barclays Wealth adds to retail FX system
LONDON - Barclays Wealth has upgraded its retail foreign exchange trading platform, BarxDirect, as it prepares for the rollout of exotic Asian currencies next month.
SuperDerivatives builds out exotic options
SuperDerivatives adds to its exotic options offering.
RBS appoints Asia sales chief
UK bank regains Asia sales leadership
BarCap loses Longmore
LONDON - Richard Longmore, European head of institutional foreign exchange sales, has left Barclays Capital after weeks of speculation from market sources.
Central bankers see reserve currency future for renminbi
The renminbi will over the long term become a reserve currency, according to a survey of central bank reserve managers carried out by Incisive Media's Central Banking Publications in autumn 2009.