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BNP Paribas confirms research appointments
Saywell and Attrill will head FX strategy in Europe and North America respectively, following departures earlier in the year
FX Invest: EIB signs Citi for collateral management
Citi gains key client for third-party collateral management service
FX Invest: Rise of the super-Sefs
The Dodd-Frank Act created a multitude of would-be swap execution facilities (Sefs) – trading platforms that will aggregate dealer liquidity. Now, dealers want to hoover up the Sefs by building their own aggregation services, but it’s a strategy that…
Spotlight on: Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank
Saxo’s co-founder and chief executive talks to Joel Clark about the Danish bank’s growth over the past 19 years, the challenges of retail foreign exchange and the importance of strong technology
Hiring frenzy
After a typically busy hiring season during the first half of the year, Chiara Albanese takes stock of some of the biggest appointments and talks to headhunters about the trends driving FX recruitment in 2011
Nigel Khakoo to leave Citi
US bank's global head of G-10 options trading has been made redundant
Banks and ECNs join forces to prevent FX flash crash
Citi, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley join Deutsche Bank on Traiana's enhanced CreditLink service
Westpac recruits Townsend and Cameron in FX forwards
Townsend joins from Commerzbank and Cameron from Barclays Capital
European corporates wary of RMB settlement
UK government pushing for London to become a centre of offshore renminbi trading, say conference speakers
E-platforms must expand product range or lose out, say banks
Webinar participants from banks and technology vendors discuss the implications of regulation for single-dealer electronic platforms
Citi goes live with Fix API
Bank announces first customer for spot FX pricing plug-in
MF Global hires Kemp and Olesen to drive fresh strategy
Citi veterans will take senior roles in New York and London as MF Global repositions itself as an investment bank
BAML's John to join Citi in spot trading
Anthony John has left BAML alongside senior FX trader Graeme King
Retail FX platforms braced for further consolidation
The FDIC last week unveiled proposed margin requirements for retail FX transactions in the US in the latest sign of a clampdown on the retail segment of the industry. How is regulation changing the shape of retail FX? Farah Khalique reports
CLS appoints Naresh Nagia as CRO in New York
Nagia started May 4 and will replace Carol Simon after a transition period
Spotlight on: Phil Weisberg, FXall
The chief executive of institutional FX platform FXall talks to Miriam Siers about FXall's plans to register as a swap execution facility and how he believes regulation is likely to affect the foreign exchange market in the long term
TraderTools steps into the light with Citi Prime Finance
Vendor plans to pilot fully transparent aggregation tool to rival FX ECNs by the end of April
Lars Olesen quits Saxo
Former Citi veteran to be replaced by Conor Ringland at Saxo Bank
Dollar weakness: Passing fad or long-term reality?
The weakness of the US dollar has been a dominant theme so far in 2011, with many strategists predicting the currency will remain on a weak footing for some time. Miriam Siers speaks to currency strategists about the prospects for the dollar in the…
Traiana rolls out forex clearing connectivity service
Citi and CME Clearing become the first to join the network as the market prepares for the advent of FX clearing
Icap mulls bank-only alternative to Pure FX
Discussions progress about new functionality on Icap's platform that could eliminate the threat of Pure FX
Pure FX: Market or mirage?
Pure FX has been the subject of plenty of speculation since it was first mooted last year, but there is still little clarity over whether the project will come to fruition. Some banks and trading platforms say there is no need for the venture
Trading Places, March 21, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world
Jakobsen returns to Saxo as chief economist
Steen Jakobsen will return to the role of chief economist at Saxo Bank on March 17 after a two-year hiatus.