Articles by Julia Bahr
Saxo Bank: Lagarde may declare monetary policy overreached limits
In one of its ‘outrageous predictions’ for 2020, the Danish bank says the ECB may wake up to the sad reality of negative interest rates
Pollock becomes COO of Diginex in Singapore
Westpac veteran will build out the crypto firm’s office in the city-state
Westpac: Johnson’s rhetoric over EU trade hits sterling
Cable has less upside than before the “go it alone” talk resumed after Brexit
State Street Tokyo hires Choi in e-FX sales
Formerly at FX SpotStream Asia, Jangwon Choi joined the firm in December
Former EBS e-FX specialist Myers joins social media platform
Moving from a money market sales position at CME, she becomes CCO at All of Us
Global head of e-FX leaves BGC's Fenics
Liam Hudson was global head of FX e-commerce at BAML earlier
Oanda appoints Coulon as CTO
Emmanuel Coulon joins from ADSS, where he was global head of technology
Swissquote: US-China trade war to ease in election year
Trump will enter November’s presidential election “bragging about a historic trade deal with China”
Christopher Purves promoted at UBS London
After a decade at the bank, Purves becomes co-head of execution and platform, as well as co-head of digital
Mike Harris leaves Campbell & Company
Former FX trader exits after working at the firm for almost 20 years
Johnson moves to Floating Point Group
Former FX trader worked in e-FX liquidity distribution at Tower Research Capital earlier in his career
Global Ficc COO exits Citadel Securities
After 13 years at Morgan Stanley, Nicola White joined Citadel’s New York office in 2016
EM forecaster of 2019: City Index
CNY could hit 7.5 in H2 2020 as trade doubts linger and time runs out for Trump
G10 forecaster of 2019: Rabobank
Sterling’s future is still very dependent on Brexit-related developments, the bank says
Vanguard: automation is great until it doesn’t work
Andy Maack, head of FX trading, talks about the future of trading, algos and diversity
Schmidt heads Emea EMFX and rates trading at Credit Agricole
Markus Schmidt was formerly head of financial markets trading at Bankhaus Lampe in Germany
Westpac: UK election results blow sterling cap
The pound regained its lustre on the news UK prime minister Boris Johnson secured a majority
Franz appointed CIO at State Street
Hire supports continued development of State Street Alpha platform
Oanda names Niebank as global head of product
The 21-year industry veteran has spent his entire career with CMC Markets
FX sales specialist Cifuentes joins BitGo
Formerly at Cboe Global Markets, Andres Cifuentes also worked in prime brokerage at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Mani joins Barclays in macro trading
Rahul Mani’s banking career has spanned Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Nomura
Oanda appoints Grant as COO, Asia-Pacific
David Grant joins from Gain Capital with 20 years’ experience in the e-trading industry
Maheshwari becomes COO and head of Asia-Pacific at Fluent Trade
Previous role was head of relationship management and FX transaction sales at Thomson Reuters