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Ex-Deutsche Bank official set to join Currenex
John Farrell will join multi-bank foreign exchange portal Currenex in London in January as managing director for global institutions, reports Risk's sister publication FX Week .
UBS hires forex strategist in London
Mark McFarland has joined the foreign exchange strategy team at UBS in London as a senior strategist, a spokesperson for the bank told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
ABN Amro builds in weather derivatives
ABN Amro has hired Henry Kus as director of weather and insurance derivatives. The Dutch bank said it had made the appointment in response to "rapidly increasing" investor demand for weather derivatives products.
Van der Moolen withdraws options business from Amex
Cohen, Duffy, McGowan (CDM), the options trading unit of Dutch financial services company Van der Moolen (VDM), is to resign from its role at the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
RiskMetrics' head of quant research joins Clinton Group
RiskMetrics' head of quantitative research, Allan Malz, has left to join New York investment company the Clinton Group, said a RiskMetrics spokesman.
Deutsche Bank appoints head of global markets in Russia
Deutsche Bank has created a new position of head of global markets in Russia and internally appointed Yuri Soloviev to the post.
Standard Chartered poaches JP Morgan Chase veteran
Standard Chartered has hired JP Morgan Chase veteran Richard Leighton as global head of foreign exchange options in London.
BarCap adds ANZ dealer
Edward Howard will join Barclays Capital in London in January, a spokeswoman for the bank told Risk's sister publication, FX Week .
Deutsche loses forex prime brokerage specialist
Rakesh Shah has left Deutsche Bank in London, where he was a foreign exchange prime brokerage specialist, a source at the bank told Risk's sister publication, FX Week .
Moody's assessment approach 'evolving', says new executive
In an exclusive interview with Operational Risk, an executive from Moody's Investor Services, the US-based rating agency, said the firm's approach to operational risk assessments is "evolving".
JP Morgan's co-head of European equity derivatives marketing joins Merrill Lynch
JP Morgan Chase’s co-head of European equity derivatives marketing for corporates, Cristina Garcia-Peri, has left the bank to join Merrill Lynch.
Merrill Lynch adds Hong Kong equity-linked products team
Merrill Lynch has hired Stephen Choi as an associate in the US investment bank's global equity-linked products team in Hong Kong.
Standard Bank boosts global markets presence in the Asia-Pacific
South Africa's Standard Bank has hired Philip Chu as head of global markets in Asia.
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Deutsche seeks new global markets head in Canada
Deutsche Bank is looking for a new head of global markets in Canada, according to RiskNews ' sister publication FX Week .
Westpac expands foreign exchange sales
Dorene Mallon has joined Westpac in New York today as a senior vice-president in institutional foreign exchange sales. She reports to David Beale, global head of institutional sales at the Australian bank in London.
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San Francisco-based technology company MR3 Systems has appointed John Burns, an ex-Barclays Metals managing director of derivatives finance, as its president.