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Barclays names Fabio Madar as global head of G10 FX
James Hassett moves into newly created role in emerging markets
Yu-Jer Sheu takes over as Taifex chair
He was Taiwan’s finance minister between May 2016 and July 2018
Goldman Sachs’s Temelkuran to join BNPP
Baris Temelkuran set to become global head of G10 FX options trading
BNY Mellon taps Moumdjian for global FX sales role
BNY Mellon unifies its global sales team under the leadership of Harry Moumdjian in the newly created role of global head of FX sales
Flow hires van Eck
Joeri van Eck joins from Goldman Sachs
Fred Boillereau leaves HSBC, Badhwar moves up
HSBC separates FX & commodities from global markets corporate services, with replacement for Boillereau to be announced
Lawyers poke Fotheringhame on last day of hearing
Issue of whether trust between Barclays and former employee has irretrievably broken down is key focus on day four
Steck trades TD Securities for RBC
Currently on gardening leave, Tonia Steck is expected to start her new role in September
Fotheringhame battles to get job back
David Fotheringhame fights for former role at Barclays in four-day remedy hearing, months after winning unfair dismissal claim
Rohra swaps Citi for Citadel Securities
Pooja Rohra spent nearly three years at Citi in an e-FX sales role before joining the market-maker
SEB’s Hellstrom joins Swedbank
Par Hellstrom was a senior FX quant trader at SEB
FXTM hires Webster as chief commercial officer
Alexis Webster joins Cyprus-based retail FX broker from Gain Capital
Patrick Pisapia leaves Nomura
Pisapia spent two years on the bank’s FX institutional sales desk
Donadio takes CTO role at TradAir
Sebastien Donadio is the former head of software engineering at HC Technologies
Awards: Kx Systems
Kx Systems has been voted Best e-Surveillance Provider at the 2018 FX Week e-FX Awards
Awards: ParFX
ParFX has been voted Best e-FX Trading Venue at the 2018 FX Week e-FX Awards
Awards: Fluent Trade Technologies
Fluent Trade Technologies has been voted the winner of two categories at the 2018 FX Week e-FX Awards
Awards: Cboe FX
Cboe FX has been voted Best FX ECN at the 2018 FX Week e-FX Awards
Stater appoints new head of compliance
Simon Henry takes up the role at Stater Global Markets
Katz’s sentencing adjourned until January
Jason Katz is the first trader to admit to wrongdoing
Gill joins IS Prime in institutional sales
Terry Gill joins the prime-of-prime firm in a newly created role
Two leave BNP Paribas sales
Hamoodi and Theodorakakos had worked at the French bank since 2012
Goldman Sachs widens e-FX coverage in Asia
Nelson Wong joins the e-FX sales team in Singapore as the bank seeks to mirror client clusters
Prince switches Nomura for Lloyds
The FX sales veteran began her career in the late 1980s