Exclusive: James Marshall Leaves JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets Desk
- Marshall has been with the bank for over ten years.
One of the longest serving executives at JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets trading desk in London, James Marshall has left the company, sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to Finance Magnates.
Mr Marshall has been with JPMorgan for almost a dozen years since joining in March 2005. While holding the Executive Director position on the Emerging Markets trading desk in London, he was first working with Asian and Middle Eastern currencies. Later he focused on sub-Saharan Africa FX and fixed income markets.
The company did not respond to a request for a comment.
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In recent months the substantial economic slowdown engulfing the region has impacted investment and consequently trading activity. Governments in sub-Saharan Africa will need to reinvigorate their economies at a very critical time - the continent is suffering from chronic US dollar shortages at a time when the US Federal Reserve is preparing to increase interest rates.
One of the longest serving executives at JPMorgan’s Emerging Markets trading desk in London, James Marshall has left the company, sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to Finance Magnates.
Mr Marshall has been with JPMorgan for almost a dozen years since joining in March 2005. While holding the Executive Director position on the Emerging Markets trading desk in London, he was first working with Asian and Middle Eastern currencies. Later he focused on sub-Saharan Africa FX and fixed income markets.
The company did not respond to a request for a comment.
Trading African foreign exchange presents a lot of challenges - from poor Liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term to political unpredictability, the most underdeveloped continent in the world is setting for a brighter future. Throughout the past years, the controversial policies of the President of South Africa Jacob Zuma and the impact of falling oil prices on the Nigerian naira have caused a lot of FX Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term in the region.
In recent months the substantial economic slowdown engulfing the region has impacted investment and consequently trading activity. Governments in sub-Saharan Africa will need to reinvigorate their economies at a very critical time - the continent is suffering from chronic US dollar shortages at a time when the US Federal Reserve is preparing to increase interest rates.