Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
Lee reappears at Deutsche Bank as head of GMIP and db-X, Asia
Chris Lee has taken over global market investment products and the db-x division in Asia for Deutsche Bank. Formerly head of the structured products group at UBS, Lee started at Deutsche in the last week of June.
Canada House of the Year
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
CIBC appoints new global head of structuring
Canadian bank CIBC has appointed Bill Bamber as global head of structuring. He will be responsible for the bank's multi-asset structuring group.
CIBC names Rule head of forex trading
CIBC has appointed Duncan Rule as head of foreign exchange trading, effective from April 27.
Browne moves from RBC to CIBC
Darcy Browne, previously RBC's head of North American institutional forex sales, has moved to CIBC as head of institutional forex sales.
Lloyds TSB makes institutional derivatives sales hires
Lloyds TSB has recruited Peter McGloughlin and Ian Shaw to its team selling derivatives to financial institutions.
CIBC World Markets - Product review
CIBC Global asset-linked Pearl deposit notes represent a compelling investment. Interestingly, the Canadian heavyweight has decided on the repeated selection of the best-performing asset
BNP Paribas makes structured rates hire
BNP Paribas has hired Kara Lemont Sportelli for its fixed-income derivatives structuring group. Lemont Sportelli will focus on engineering exotic interest rate and hybrid derivatives products for investors and liability managers. She is based in London…
Dembo steps away from CEO role as Algo secures new financing;
Ron Dembo, founder and chief executive of Toronto-based technology vendor Algorithmics, is to step away from his day-to-day running of the company to assume the role of chairman. The move comes as Algorithmics secured new financing from its main…
Weasel parade
Investment bank CIBC has been found guilty of multiple counts of deception in underwriting a bond deal for cosmetics company Renaissance. Linda Corman reports on the evidence that emerged from the court case.
Turnbull quits Lehman for return to academia
Renowned quant Stuart Turnbull has left Lehman Brothers' fixed-income research group to return to academia. Turnbull has accepted the Bauer Professor of Finance chair, Bauer College of Business, at the University of Houston.
Risk USA 2003: Loan managers increasingly rely on credit derivatives, says CIBC's Bennett
Stephen Bennett, global head of portfolio management at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), believes credit derivatives are playing an increasingly important role in the loan market, both as hedging instruments and by helping facilitate mark-to…
AIG hires risk manager in New York
Paul Stubbs will join AIG Trading Group in Greenwich, Connecticut, as a vice-president in foreign exchange and commodity risk management. He will report to Mark Balfan, senior vice-president and global head of market risk management.
Prmia forms academic advisory council
The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (Prmia) has created an academic advisory council in a bid to further the integration of risk management theory and practical application.
The Basel Accord: A tough nut to crack
Crafting a capital charge for operational risk has proven to be a project fraught with controversy. International regulators’ first attempt raised the industry’s hackles. David Keefe reports on recent – and further expected – compromises by the Basel…
CIBC has over $200 million exposure to Enron
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has total exposures of US$215 million to Enron, the group said today.
Basel bonds Canada
The largest Canadian banks have banded together to share default data, making it much more likely they will all qualify for the most advantageous regulatory capital approach under the Basel II capital Accord.
Basel part two: the jury's verdict
Twelve risk experts and regulators assess the impact of the Basel Committee's proposals.
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