Credit Suisse
Achievement award: Gil Mandelzis
Traiana’s co-founder and former chief executive wins the 2012 e-FX achievement award in recognition of his lasting contribution to the development of the industry over the past 12 years
Nomura creates new FX correlation business
Emerging market options head Will Johns is promoted to run FX correlation in London
Platform proliferation branded unsustainable as Tullett/Integral venture launches
The frenzied round of FX trading platform launches will undoubtedly lead to a round of consolidation, with less successful players squeezed out of the market, argue FX Week USA speakers
Standards multiply as FX TCA takes hold
Increased choice in FX transaction cost analysis (TCA) is giving asset owners more tools to measure the performance of liquidity providers, custodians and trading algos. However, with more opportunities for real-time data capture driving a diversity of…
FXall enables users to access bank algorithms
New functionality allows clients to route algorithmic and limit order requests to selected banks
Trading places, June 18, 2011
New appointments at Otkritie and Commerzbank, while SurfacExchange strategy head departs
FX sales head departs Credit Suisse
Ben Shooter has left his role as head of sales for global currencies and emerging markets after less than six months in the role
Trading places, June 11, 2012
New appointments at LCH.Clearnet and Neonet as Barclays e-FX salesman heads for UBS
StanChart appoints capital markets head from Credit Suisse
Carsten Stoehr joins Standard Chartered as global head of capital markets, reporting to Lenny Feder
Trading places, June 4, 2012
FX sales moves from Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SG CIB, while former FxPro sales head moves to Citi
Trading places, May 28, 2012
Appointments at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, while Deutsche loses a trader and Swift appoints a new chief executive
Darbari quits senior options role at StanChart
Both Singapore-based Rahul Darbari and New York-based colleague Ragu Santhalingam have left their FX options roles at Standard Chartered
Trading places, May 14, 2012
New appointments at DTCC, LCH.Clearnet, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank
Eurodollar caught in range-bound tug of war
Currency strategists are divided over whether EUR/USD will break out of the 1.30-1.35 range it has traded in since late January
Ex-Credit Suisse e-FX head joins RBS
Nicholas Barker, who left Credit Suisse in November 2011 and had previously worked at UBS for 10 years, has joined RBS
Credit Suisse expands FX sales in Moscow
Tatiana Minayeva, formerly of Citi, will join Credit Suisse next month to focus on financial institutions sales
UBS appoints EMFX options head for Asia
Manu Tripathi, who left Deutsche Bank in January, joined UBS in Singapore last week
UniCredit hires senior trader in Hong Kong
Robert Ang joined UniCredit last week, reporting to Anke von der Recke, head of FX for Hong Kong
Deutsche hires Paul Houston in FXPB
Paul Houston, formerly global head of FX prime brokerage at Credit Suisse, is to join Deutsche Bank as European head of FXPB
SG CIB’s ex-head trader eyes the buy side
Richard Bailey is expected to join the buy side, having left his role as global head of FX trading at SG CIB last week
Trading places, April 23, 2012
FX sales and trading departures from Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Credit Suisse and Standard Chartered
Algo execution sales head departs Credit Suisse
Jonathan Wykes, formerly global head of FX sales for Credit Suisse’s algorithmic execution business, has left the bank
Credit Suisse loses head of FXPB
Paul Houston, Credit Suisse's London-based global head of FX prime brokerage, has left the bank
Trading places, April 9, 2012
Departures from JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank appoints a salesman from Credit Suisse