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UBS suffers slowdown

It has become an unwritten rule between the banks that they do not comment when each others’ platforms suffer glitches. And it makes sense not to express any schadenfreude, because the nature of technology means we all have an IT nightmare at some stage.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Euromoney babes

Last week I wrote that I was considering launching a TV version of the WeeklyFiX. This week I have had another brainwave about how to take the column to a broader audience.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Most excellent dudes

As I have stressed time and time again, there is a lot of excellence in FX. Unfortunately though, when it comes to receiving pitches for the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, there seems to be a misunderstanding that only the big boys need apply.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Downs and ups for Saxo

It’s been a strange week for Saxo.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Knife crime rises as credit crunch leads to recession, house prices slump and holiday crisis hits Terminal 5

I don’t think any of the headline above is true, but if you lived in the UK you’d think it was from reading the popular press. I did ask my contact list if they could help me stand this story up. I got an amazing response, including a request to incorporate a story about an Australian bloke who spent AUD1,000 a week on beer. However, having heard what my Euromoney colleagues got up at last week’s Excellence Dinner, I reckon he’s a lightweight.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Dan Roth, NFA: Shut up, sit down and behave

Although he was, as you’d expect, a little more subtle in his delivery than I have suggested, the testimony of Dan Roth, the president and chief executive of the US National Futures Association to Congress last week, was pretty punchy.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

Old news from Deutsche

For some reason, Deutsche forgot to send me the new press release it issued on July 8 announcing it had launched a new physical payment product called FX4Cash.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

People moves: Tudor hires

Tudor is believed to have hired Andrew Bound from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Sources say Bound, who left GSAM in May, will start at the hedge fund in August.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

People moves: CME poaches from Liffe

The CME has hired Richard Stevens as director, research and product development for its London office. The exchange says this is a new position to support its growth initiatives in Europe. Stevens, who will report to Julie Winkler, managing director, research and product development, was previously head of product development for interest rate products at Liffe.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

People moves: The right bank

It turns out that Colleen Wong, who I reported last week as having left her role in FX bank sales at Barclays Capital, has made a short walk to Credit Suisse.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

People moves: New for Newedge in Hong Kong

Newedge, the exchange derivatives powerhouse owned by Société Générale and Calyon, has hired Alice Ngai in Hong Kong as an FX sales trader. Ngai, who started earlier this month, was previously at Bear Stearns. She reports locally to Toby Lawson, managing director of Newedge Australia, and globally to Mike Bailey, deputy global head of FX, and Max Smith, global head of FX.

July 18, 2008

Foreign Exchange

People moves: Gains for Gain

Gain Capital has hired Shane Braunstein from private equity firm 3i to the new role of vice-president, corporate development. The company has also employed Ramesh Srinivas as vice-president, applications architecture, Ashok Margam as regional director, institutional alliances, US and India, and Arun Subramanian as regional director, Asia Pacific.

July 18, 2008

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