Tim Joyce Joins Credit Suisse as Head of London FX Options Trading

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has on-boarded Tim Joyce to its FX options trading desk. He is taking on the role of Head of London FX Options Trading after 5 years at Deutsche Bank where he was running London flow trading and managing a number of foreign Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term options markets for the company including EUR/USD and Japanese yen.

Joyce has been in the foreign exchange industry since 2000, when he joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s London Desk. He traded FX spot and forwards, NDFs and interest rate Swaps Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Read this Term. He later joined the teams managing EM External Debt & Credit Default Swaps and later, the firm’s FX options desk.

The new senior executive of Credit Suisse also co-headed the Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa FX options desk at JPMorgan Chase for seven years.

Credit Suisse recently began revamping its markets business. Bloomberg News reported this morning that the company is cutting 35 jobs at its equities desks in Asia. The company is slated to cut more staff in the region in trading, sales, prime brokerage and research positions according to source cited in the article.

The restructuring of the company’s Asian trading business will continue over the second quarter of this year. Back in March, Credit Suisse hired Ken Pang to run the company’s Global Markets business in Asia.