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BNPP carves out bigger sales team
LONDON & NEW YORK – BNP Paribas (BNPP) has expanded its sales team with a key hire in London and three new starters in New York.
Trading Places, June 21, 2010
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Rabobank finds new global FX strategy head
LONDON – Rabobank has hired Jane Foley to replace Jeremy Stretch as global head of FX strategy in London, according to market sources.
FX industry creates lobby group
BRUSSELS - The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is establishing a representative group for foreign exchange participants, amid the threat of increased forex regulation.
Gaitame.com chooses Integral for liquidity aggregation
Tokyo-based retail trading company Gaitame.com has replaced its single-bank platform with a software-as-a-service liquidity aggregation system developed by Integral, to improve pricing and risk management.
Trading Places, June 7, 2010
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BarCap beefs up in the US, but loses in Europe
NEW YORK - Barclays Capital has boosted its sales coverage in the US with the hires of Mike Testa, Marlena Demenus, James White and David Weiss in New York and San Francisco.
Trading Places, May 31, 2010
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RBC Capital Markets adds in Asia
SINGAPORE & SYDNEY - RBC Capital Markets has added two hires to its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region, with the appointments of Winston Quek and Amanda Lowe.
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Dealer withdrawal sparks record volumes on traditional forex systems
LONDON - Citi, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Natixis were among dealers that pulled liquidity from external platforms on May 6, sparking a record trading day on traditional liquidity hubs, EBS Spot and Thomson Reuters.
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BAML woos David Woo and more…
LONDON & SINGAPORE – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is adding to its sales and rebuilding its research capabilities with five hires made globally.
Progress releases single-bank portal FX adapter
NEW YORK - Complex event processing (CEP) platform vendor Progress Apama has introduced a suite of single-bank portal adapters for its Apama Capital Markets Framework, which are available today (May 3).
BarCap losses trickle on
LONDON & SINGAPORE - Barclays Capital (BarCap) has lost two more staff, following the mass exodus at the end of April.
Nomura wins three in global sales
LONDON & NEW YORK - Now the bonus rounds are over, the hunting season has begun. Nomura is reported to have hired sales staff from Barclays Capital in London and UBS in New York.
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RBS loses Usher but gains Gething
LONDON – Royal Bank of Scotland has lost Richard Usher, London chief dealer and EUR/USD spot trader, in a further senior departure from the bank.
JP Morgan in e-FX build
LONDON – JP Morgan is continuing to build up product capabilities on its internally developed single-dealer system, MorganDirect, after switching off the pre-existing AVT-based system JPex last month.
Szucs and Shiff join BAML
LONDON - Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) continues to build up its foreign exchange franchise with the hire of a senior institutional salesperson from Morgan Stanley in London.
Mass exodus from BarCap in New York
NEW YORK - Barclay Capital (BarCap) continues to haemorrhage forex sales staff as below-average compensation makes the bank’s employees prime recruitment targets, according to market sources.
Casini finds new home at Credit Suisse
Enrico Casini is understood to have taken a senior European foreign exchange sales position within Credit Suisse following his departure from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) two weeks ago (FX Week, April 6).
HSBC adds to spot desk in London amid growth
LONDON - HSBC has hired Frank Cahill as director on the G-10 spot desk in London.