Fire Shuts TD London Floor

Speaking from New York at the time, Moti Jungreis, global head of short-term interest and currency trading and head of international fixed income in London, confirmed the office had to close. "There was smoke coming into the trading floor and it became a health and safety hazard," he says. "We started to evacuate people and moved business coverage to the other centers in Singapore, New York and Toronto."

Jungreis denies that the closure affected business. "We can't say it hasn't impacted us at