Articles by FX Markets Staff
BNP Paribas hires senior FX trader from Commerz
Kevin Wilson joins the French bank in New York; other personnel changes at ACT Currency Partner and UBS Global Asset Management
SEB hires spot trader in Asia
Commerzbank spot trader joins SEB in Singapore; other moves from RBS, BAML and Barclays
StanChart continues US build-up
NEW YORK - Standard Chartered has hired Peter Hirsch as head of rates trading, Americas, and Brian Varga as head of US Treasury trading, Americas, in New York.
Sticking to fundamentals
Callum Henderson, global head of foreign exchange research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, warns of a violent US dollar upside correction in the first half of 2010
Sales head quits RBS
LONDON - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) continued to be hit by senior-level departures last week, with the global head of foreign exchange bank sales the latest to walk out the door.
Velocity Trade readies API connectivity
TORONTO - Canadian foreign exchange dealer Velocity Trade expects to take its first client live sometime this week, say officials, with an application programming interface (API) connection into the dealer's middle- and back-office systems.
India's RBI to allow OTC FX options
MUMBAI - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft proposals on November 12 that will allow importers and exporters to write over-the-counter forex options contracts, in response to calls by banks and industry bodies.