Research and strategy
FX research bounces back amid volatility
Dealers report sharp rise in client demand for research
Gkionakis moves to Lombard Odier
Vasileios Gkionakis turns to private banking after seven years on the sell side
BNY Mellon adds Velis to FX strategy team
John Velis joins the bank from State Street
Saywell to lead institutional market research sales at BNP Paribas
In this newly created role, he will focus on the French bank’s top institutional clients
Li and Lombardi join Credit Agricole CIB
The bank makes two senior hires in its global markets research division in New York
Deutsche retains eight awards, despite low interest in eurozone FX
Slipping into second place this year, Deutsche Bank nonetheless retains eight awards, including in new categories such as best bank for FX for investors
Bank of Montreal's strategy team awaits the taper tantrum
The imminent tapering of US quantitative easing will cause further weakness in the Canadian dollar in 2014, says Greg Anderson, BMO's new head of FX strategy
New chief executive brings multi-asset focus to ECU
ECU Group offers clients access to its high-powered investment committee as it moves into the global macro advisory space
Asia is a focus for FX research, says Morgan Stanley's Redeker
Hans Redeker, global head of FX strategy at Morgan Stanley, talks to Miriam Siers about the objectives of his team and their expectations for the coming months
Morgan Stanley hires ex-Nomura FX strategist
Geoff Kendrick relocates from London to Hong Kong to join Morgan Stanley as head of Asian FX and local rates strategy
Saxo Bank launches online news service Saxo TV
Web-based TV channel aims to provide one-minute video analysis of market events
BMO expands FX business with four global hires
Canadian bank makes two senior strategy hires from Citi and Crédit Agricole, and expands FX sales team
Currency managers divided on net foreign assets as an indicator
Net foreign assets have a greater role to play in weighing up currency strength, says Stratton Street portfolio manager - but others disagree
Citi bumps up awards tally to scoop eight categories
The launch in January of Velocity 2.0, the latest incarnation of Citi’s FX platform, has been a key driver of its success in a number of different areas this year, according to the bank’s FX management team
BNP Paribas hires in sales and strategy in New York
Three new hires to the FX team at BNP Paribas, from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo
Barclays Asia FX strategy head departs
Head of FX strategy for Asia ex-Japan has left Barclays after just 15 months at the bank
UBS cuts claim FX roles in Europe
Two FX e-commerce business heads are understood to have left the Swiss bank as the bank executes its recently announced job cuts
Barclays reshuffles in FX strategy
The UK bank's head of global FX strategy has moved to a new role, to be replaced by Jose Wynne
Faros Trading moves into options
Faros Trading, which was established in 2009, has added FX options to its product suite
FX Concepts acquires Track research business
Track.com chief executive Robert Savage is to become chief strategist at FX Concepts as he acknowledges the challenges of selling research independently
Morgan Stanley adds macro monitoring tool to strategy toolkit
New analytics tool identifies currency pairs that show both strong fundamentals and a resilience to risk shocks, says Morgan Stanley strategist