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Markets braced for tough 2012 in FX
Market participants share their expectations for a challenging year ahead in the foreign exchange industry
Review of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, FX Week looks back on a year in which the decisions of politicians increasingly came to define the direction of major currencies, while the progress of regulatory reform was stunted by missed deadlines and challenging technical…
Banks dare to hope for calmer FX markets in 2012
Barclays Capital expects greater stability in the eurozone in Q1, but believes the euro will continue to depreciate
Maher to join HSBC in FX strategy
Daragh Maher recently departed Crédit Agricole CIB, where he was deputy head of FX strategy
HSBC lands at top for corporate and EM business
Exploiting the opportunities arising from the internationalisation of Chinese renminbi has been a key part of HSBC’s success in FX, says derivatives head
BNP Paribas hires Boehler to head institutional sales
Adrian Boehler will join in mid-December, having left HSBC in June
Simone Andre leaves HSBC sales role
Andre's departure is part of the bank's cost-reduction exercise, which has already made a number of FX sales and trading roles redundant
Babich departs HSBC as cuts hit FX
Dean Heiden, Chris Bolton, Ted Mermel and Lily Han have also left FX sales roles in London and New York as part of HSBC cuts
Political crisis in Europe brings volatility back to FX options
Volatility returned to eurodollar last week as FX traders priced further downside risk into euro options
ADS expands sales effort with senior hire
Ex-HSBC Hassan Hannouf joined ADS Securities in Abu Dhabi last month
Ex-RBS de Wulf joins HSBC in FX sales
Ruth de Wulf will be based in London and cover Scandis and the Netherlands
FX Invest Middle East: Mena region dodges Arab Spring 'curveball'
HSBC's senior economist for the Middle East and North Africa tells delegates at FX Invest conference that the region has dealt with two big challenges this year, but it stands in better shape than some developed economies
Turkish intervention poses threat of inverted currency war
A wave of intervention by Turkey and Poland’s central banks to strengthen the lira and the zloty could lead to an inverted currency war if other central banks follow suit, according to strategists. Chiara Albanese reports
Emerging markets focus to boost NDFs despite clearing costs
The growth of the non-deliverable forwards market will not be hit by impending clearing laws
The renminbi's road to success
The renminbi is on the up, but is it climbing fast enough? Farah Khalique talks to currency strategists and a global head of FX structuring about the performance of the currency and future trends
HSBC targets booming global demand for Asia products
HSBC has appointed Apratim Chakravarty as managing director and head of offshore Asian product distribution, global markets Asia-Pacific.
A new safe haven?
As G-7 economies start to look more volatile than some emerging markets, Nikki Marmery investigates whether the new rash of emerging markets indexes could offer some respite
Trading Places, September 19, 2011
New appointments at smartTrade, DealHub, CLS, Marex and JP Morgan
Finlay joins Credit Suisse in FX sales
Annabel Finlay joins from HSBC and will work in UK corporate sales, reporting to Simon Brunner
SG’s O’Sullivan relocates to New York
Co-head of global FX trading has also appointed Rob Philbin as chief dealer in the US
Trading Places, August 15, 2011
Revolving doors at BAML, appointments at HSBC and cuts at Goldman Sachs
Trading Places, August 8, 2011
New appointments at HSBC, Santander and BAML, while Nomura loses a strategist
Questions raised over UK’s FX volume surge
Market participants attribute a range of factors to the 23% rise in FX turnover in the UK reported by the Bank of England's FX Joint Standing Committee on July 25
Trading Places, July 25, 2011
Appointments at TwoFour, SecFinex, DealHub, Berenberg and Alexander Forbes, while Credit Suisse reshuffles private banking heads in Asia