Morgan Stanley
DoJ seeks stay on benchmark case discovery
Antitrust division tells court the request is to protect the integrity of ongoing cases
Read and Walsh swap Deutsche for BNPP
Both men have joined the French bank’s institutional FX sales team
Barclays gains Peto, but loses two in FX sales
Ben Peto joins sales team as director
Nomura hires Agarwal to head EMFX trading
Arvind Agarwal moves to new role at the Japanese bank from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Credit Suisse loses two in FX sales
The two served as directors in FX sales
US dealers see Q2 Ficc revenues dip
While second-quarter revenues did not match the performance of earlier this year, they were higher than in Q2 2017
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
Patrick Pisapia leaves Nomura
Pisapia spent two years on the bank’s FX institutional sales desk
DoJ asks for discovery stay in benchmark case until ‘Cartel’ case ends
US tries to balance need to protect ongoing criminal investigations and lawsuits with civil attorneys’ desire for additional testimonies
Four join CLS board
Bonamy, Brady, Lawrence and Stolte become directors
G10 FX revenues hit two-year highs – Coalition
The first quarter of 2018 saw a reversal of revenue contraction seen in the last two years, with profits up 20%
Thomas to lead Morgan Stanley’s e-macro sales team
Matt Thomas was previously in Credit Suisse’s FX and rates electronic sales team at Credit Suisse
Citi reshuffles FX options team
Two options traders leave London and a new corporate salesperson arrives; Singapore office gains new options head
Kamrath joins crypto-tech company Rubicon
Ray Kamrath was previously the global head of FX at Jefferies
Lowe to join State Street as global head of trade services
She will report to Greg Fortuna, global head of GlobalLink Solutions, and David Newns, global head of GlobalLink Execution Services at SSGM
StanChart considers adding two members to FX team
It is understood the bank is looking at Haskins from HSBC and Tretola from Nomura
Dollar set for corrective rebound, says Morgan Stanley
Seasonal factors likely to push greenback higher as end of Japanese fiscal year nears
JP Morgan dominates G10 FX revenues for 2017 – survey
Coalition’s investment banking survey shows the US dealer garnering the highest revenues in the space; HSBC jumps to second place
Antitrust attorneys prepare to depose UK traders
Despite the court extending a partial stay on depositions until June 8, lawyers have been granted access to interview some UK-based people
Morgan Stanley hires Kristin Zekis
She will be running real-money sales from April
Ficc revenues tank at US banks
Revenues were dampened by low volatility throughout most of 2017, among other factors
Ullrich returns to State Street
David Ullrich will lead North American sales for FX Connect
FXSpotStream adds State Street as LP
Execution venue records highest-ever average daily volumes in January
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team