Articles by Joel Clark
Spotlight on: Alan Bozian, CLS
The chief executive of CLS talks to Joel Clark about the transformation agenda he has been pushing since taking the top role in 2010, as he seeks to position CLS as a more robust infrastructure with greater currency coverage and broader participation
Best Banks 2011: Deutsche Bank and Citi top poll
Deutsche Bank is voted best bank overall for FX for the third successive year, but Citi and UBS have powered back up the rankings to claim second and third place
Citi proves trading mettle in tough year for spot
Citi picks up six awards this year and climbs into second position overall, having effectively navigated the volatility that resulted from intervention in the yen and the Swiss franc
Serving clients in the right way sets best banks apart
Winners of this year's Best Banks Awards have won recognition from their clients for providing innovation that meets their challenges in volatile market conditions
UBS transformation in FX reaps rewards
UBS rises to third place in this year's rankings and picks up four awards, having expanded its FX capabilities in several key areas over the past year
Barclays Capital maintains FX lead in the UK
Despite dropping two places in the overall rankings, Barclays Capital has maintained its leading position in the London market as well as in GBP/USD, EUR/GBP and e-trading
StanChart scoops double whammy for Asia-Pac
Asian bank picks up awards for FX in Asia-Pacific and for emerging Asian currencies, up from second place in both categories last year
Bank of England sets out code of practice on electronic trading
Members of the FX Joint Standing Committee comment on the recently reviewed Nips code, which includes a new section on electronic trading
Deutsche scoops top FX award for third successive year
Having carefully tailored its product innovations to the challenging market conditions, Deutsche Bank picks up six awards in the 2011 Best Banks survey
FXall stays on top as it moves towards IPO
FXall is ranked best professional e-trading venue for the second successive year as it prepares to go public in 2012
Euro forecasting focuses on politics rather than fundamentals
Crédit Agricole, Rabobank and Westpac are ranked on top for their EUR/USD forecasts after accepting that political developments had become more important than economic fundamentals, especially in the short term
Getting it right on Swiss franc strength
Rabobank, Westpac and Bank of Montreal scoop the awards for their forecasts on USD/CHF, having correctly anticipated the impact of the Swiss franc's safe-haven status on its strength
ADS Securities to provide liquidity through Integral
Start-up brokerage has connected its API to Integral and expects to execute first trade with an Australian client within days
Standing out from the crowd with forecast of yen strength
RBC Capital Markets scoops all three forecast awards on USD/JPY after taking an accurate view that the consensus forecast of yen weakness was not supported by fundamentals
Dollar weakness view lands Thomson Reuters on top
Thomson Reuters - IFR Markets took a view in November 2010 that GBP/USD would reach 1.6 and USD/CHF would reach 0.9 in a year's time, accurately reflecting spot rates last week
Tracking the effects of QE on cable
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo and Standard Chartered take top position for GBP/USD forecasts through accurate analysis of the effects of central bank policies on the two currencies
Barclays Capital loses two FX traders
John Erratt and Reg Mehta leave the bank in London
Babich departs HSBC as cuts hit FX
Dean Heiden, Chris Bolton, Ted Mermel and Lily Han have also left FX sales roles in London and New York as part of HSBC cuts
Riccardo Rebonato quits RBS for Pimco
Ex-head of front-office risk management and quantitative research will join Pimco on December 1 as head of rates and FX analytics
Maher departs Crédit Agricole
Deputy head of FX strategy had been with the French bank in London since 2004
Gold-i partners with Vision Solutions for disaster recovery
Systems integration vendor has started to resell Vision Solutions' disaster recovery technology, Double-Take Software
Spotlight on: Collin Crownover, SSgA
State Street Global Advisors’ head of currency management talks to Joel Clark about investor appetite for G-10 and emerging market currencies, and how his global team has managed the volatility and political uncertainty that has characterised the foreign…
ADS expands sales effort with senior hire
Ex-HSBC Hassan Hannouf joined ADS Securities in Abu Dhabi last month
Credit Suisse layoffs claim Nick Barker
London-based head of FX e-commerce is made redundant from Credit Suisse, having joined from UBS in March 2010