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SEB targets Asia growth
SINGAPORE - SEB has relocated Seppo Leskinen, chief investment officer of the SEB Multi-Manager Currency Fund, to Singapore from London, to leverage demand for currency management by investors in the Asia Pacific region.
Prime brokers switch on to SAS 70 checks
Prime brokers have focused on bolstering asset security for clients after billions of dollars of client assets were caught up in the administration of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE).
Morgan Stanley: Prioritising FXPB
Competition in the foreign exchange prime brokerage market remains competitive, as new businesses fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of incumbent providers and clients spread counterparty risk following the 2008 credit crisis.
Barclays Capital realigns FX prime brokerage
UK bank outlines ambitions for growth
Parker FX bounces back in February
Currency managers end losing streak
Buy side resigned to higher pricing
Buy-side traders have emerged as post-crisis neo-realists, with a sense of resignation, and some scarring, in the tone of speakers at the FX Invest Europe congress in Zurich last Tuesday (March 9).
Parker FX continues losing streak in Janaury
Currency managers suffer as traditional relationships break down
Crisis sparks rise in active hedging
Forex is now flashing prominently on fund managers' radars, said participants at FX Week Invest 2010
Parker FX down in December
Currency managers caught out by US dollar reversal in December
BNP Paribas stakes out CTAs
BNP targeting high-frequency accounts
Icap opens up prime model
Broker responds to demand for prime brokerage
FX Connect top professional electronic trading venue
FX Connect has claimed top spot in the best professional electronic trading venue category, after trailing behind FXall in second place in the multibank foreign exchange portal category last year.