Kemp takes foreign exchange helm at Merrill
Morgan Stanley foreign exchange chief Stephen Kemp is set to take on the continued build-up of Merrill Lynch’s forex business, following the resignation of co-head of global foreign exchange and rates Michael DeSa, reports RiskNews' sister publication FX Week .
Sources close to the bank said they expect DeSa to set up a hedge fund in New York. “He is looking for a new challenge and loves building businesses,” said one.
At Merrill, DeSa’s hire in November 2001 marked the start of a massive forex hiring spree at Merrill that added more than 100 people over the course of two years.
Kemp, who was described by one former foreign exchange official as a “safe pair of hands”, left Morgan Stanley last Monday after almost eight years with the bank.
Jens Andersen, head of forwards at Morgan Stanley in New York, has expanded his responsibilities to include spot foreign exchange following Kemp’s departure.
Meanwhile, two Italian forex sales dealers from Merrill’s London office left earlier this month. Marco De Natale joined Credit Suisse First Boston in London on April 12 as a corporate foreign exchange sales dealer covering Italian clients. He reports to Simon Brunner, London-based head of corporate foreign exchange sales for Europe, excluding Switzerland. His former colleague Marco Garavello also left Merrill in April but his current whereabouts are unknown.
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