Normally, the People moves are tacked to the end of my weekly missive, but as this is my space, I’m announcing my own change of career right here. There’s a chance that some of you may be saddened to hear that I’m off; many more of you will likely be glad to see the back of me.
Anyway, I am making a partial return to my roots by joining Citi. I hasten to add that Citi’s shareholders should not fear, I will not be taking any risk. Rather I will be involved in a communications role, fully embedded – to use a term frequently applied to war correspondents – in the trading room.
My departure should provide a catalyst to take the WeeklyFiX to a new level. My old mucker Trevor Carr, who I met at Midland back in 1985, is taking over the reins. Trevor has had a long and successful career in the FX market and knows far more about it than I do. He has always secretly longed to be a journalist – and a singer, strangely enough. Having seen some of his writing this week – and having heard his singing – I’m glad he’s decided on word-craft as a career. I know I’m leaving the column in his very capable hands.
One thing I’m going to miss is the FX poll. This year is going to be very interesting – we should expect to see a decline in reported volumes. However, there has been a record number of respondents in the first week of voting, which makes me think that the poll is becoming an ever-more accurate snapshot of the FX industry.