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TD Securities hires head of European FX
Management hires at the Canadian bank continue as Perry joins from Morgan Stanley in London
Royal Bank of Canada appoints global head of FX options
Former Credit Suisse trader takes top options role at RBC Capital Markets in London
CLS appoints five new board members
New directors at the industry settlement utility selected from a variety of senior advisory and operations roles at major banks
State Street appoints Conway to head new product group
State Street has reorganised its product offering, appointing Jeff Conway to head the newly created 'Global Exchange' group
Citi appoints new head of e-FX trading
Richard Bibbey relocates from Sydney to London with the bank to replace Simon Jones, who recently departed to take time out from the industry
StanChart promotes Allington to global head of FX
Chris Allington becomes global head of FX at Standard Chartered in Singapore. Meanwhile, Neh Thaker joins as head of options and platforms
CBA hires in European FX sales
Tim Asquith joins the Australian bank as it continues to expand its FX presence in London
JP Morgan loses head of FX algo products
Alex Shterenberg departs the bank in New York
Trading Places, April 15, 2013
Fair Trading Technology gains in business development, while Japan's Invast Securities sets up enterprise in Australia
Citi loses global head of e-FX trading
Electronic trading head Simon Jones departs Citi to take time out from the market. The bank expects to announce a replacement shortly
RBS reshuffles FX senior management
Tim Carrington and Fabian Shey take joint responsibility for currencies and emerging markets. Meanwhile, Mark Barnes has left the bank
FX veteran Meinnel departs State Street
Meinnel quits State Street after more than 20 years in FX that included senior roles at BNP Paribas and Bear Sterns
Credit Suisse loses global currencies trader in London
Senior FX trader Neilan Govender has left the Swiss bank for a role on the buy side
Lloyds hires global head of corporate FX solutions
Former Barclays sales head joins Lloyds to develop FX risk management offerings for corporate clients
Barclays' Steck joins TD Securities in New York
Tonia Steck, who recently departed from Barclays in New York, will join the Canadian bank in June
Trading Places, April 8, 2013
Morgan Stanley loses strategist to Goldman Sachs while money-manager ParamountForex.com hires in sales
ParFX hires Bloomberg's Parr to head business development
Robert Parr joins bank-backed spot-trading platform as it prepares to go live
Barclays loses three in FX sales
UK bank sees three departures from its sales team across the globe
Morgan Stanley emerging markets trading head retires
Jens Andersen leaves Morgan Stanley this month, after 15 years at the bank
Trading Places, April 1, 2013
Citi wins an FX options trader from Barclays in London, while ex-FXCM CCO James Sanders moves to First Derivatives in the same role and Legal & General grows operations in Europe
StanChart hires Darwell from Morgan Stanley
Eric Darwell will join Standard Chartered in New York next month to head up Asian FX trading in the region
TD Securities loses Asia-Pacific FX sales head
Joe Craven departs the Canadian bank in Singapore
Ex-RBS Asia strategist moves to the buy side
Woon Khien Chia left RBS in late January and will join Singapore-based hedge fund JL Capital in May