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Lehman Brothers hires in credit derivatives sales
Lehman Brothers has poached Marco Di Prima from JP Morgan Chase as managing director responsible for German equity capital markets and European credit derivatives sales.
Coulter considers risk concentration
In a wide-ranging speech at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association annual meeting in Chicago at the end of March, the vice-chairman of JP Morgan Chase, David Coulter, considered why there were continuing questions raised over the role of…
Options staff hotly pursued
Currency options traders are finding themselves hotly pursued, as a series of high-profile moves around the world has set off a chain of demand, reports RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .
Martin Wiedmann leaves UBS
The departure of Martin Wiedmann from UBS in Zurich last week sparked a guessing game among his peers over which bank he is set to join, reports RiskNews ' sister publication FX Week .
Former JP Morgan Chase derivatives strategist joins PNC
Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services has hired JP Morgan Chase’s former head of derivatives strategy, Gagan Singh, as managing director of asset liability management. In addition, Singh becomes chief investment officer of the company’s banking arm,…
StanChart poaches Deutsche FX options head in Asia
Standard Chartered has hired Will Shropshire in a dual capacity as head of foreign exchange options trading, Asia and global head of forex investor products in Singapore.
Former JP Morgan Chase fund trio make £55m
Three foreign exchange and fixed-income specialists who left JP Morgan Chase to set up a hedge fund have made profits of more than £55 million ($100 million) in their first year, according to RiskNews ' sister publication, FX Week .
ScotPower’s £400m dollar hedging boon
International energy firm ScottishPower said last week it made £400 million ($728 million) from hedging its US dollar revenues.
Japan regulator issues administrative action against JP Morgan Chase
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued an administrative action against the Tokyo branch of JP Morgan Chase requesting it improve its compliance and internal controls. JP Morgan Chase is requested to “submit the Business Improvement Plan to…
CSFB recruits equity derivatives marketer
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the investment banking arm of Zurich-based financial services company Credit Suisse Group, has hired Stephen Roti as managing director and head of US corporate equity derivatives marketing, within the equity-linked…
New York meeting brings iBoxx and Trac-x merger closer
The banks behind the iBoxx CDX credit derivatives indexes have agreed on points that could herald a merger between the index and its big rival, the Dow Jones Trac-x index, following a meeting in New York, reports Risk’s sister publication Credit .
Winters and Masters rise in JP Morgan Chase reshuffle
Two long-standing JP Morgan derivatives veterans, Bill Winters and Blythe Masters, have received additional responsibilities at JP Morgan Chase, following a reshuffle at the US bank.
Frost quits JP Morgan Chase
Tim Frost, European head of credit sales and trading at JP Morgan Chase, has resigned to pursue other interests. Frost joined JP Morgan in 1995 and helped his firm become a dominant force in the fast-growing credit default swaps market. By the time of…
Lehman hires Tilroe for European derivatives marketing push
New York-based Lehman Brothers has hired Jason Tilroe as managing director heading up marketing of fixed-income derivatives to corporate and public sector clients in Europe. It is a new position created by the bank’s expansion in European derivatives…
NYCC to offer CLS services
Two firms have signed up for the new continuous-linked settlement (CLS) service of the New York Clearing Corp (NYCC), the clearing house for the exchange markets of the New York Board of Trade (Nybot), reports RiskNews ' sister publication Trading…
Creditex launches electronic trading of CDS indexes
Credit derivatives broker Creditex has launched electronic trading of credit default swaps (CDS) indexes.
Barclays appoints group risk director
UK banking conglomerate Barclays has appointed Robert Le Blanc as group risk director, succeeding Rob Nimmo, who is due to retire.
Standard Bank takes on structured product marketers
Standard Bank London (SLB) has hired Rupert Boyd from Morgan Stanley and Michele Maffei from JP Morgan Chase for its sales and structured products marketing teams.
Bank of Israel signs up for SuperDerivatives
The Bank of Israel, Israel’s central bank, has adopted UK-based technology vendor SuperDerivatives' foreign exchange option pricing and analytics system.
Bracing for Basel
When international banking supervisors met in Basel, Switzerland in 1999 to propose a new framework for capital adequacy, they set in motion the biggest shake-up of the decade as to how banks measure risk and allocate capital. The new proposals, called…
Morgan Stanley forex co-head retires
Morgan Stanley has made Philip Newcomb sole global head of foreign exchange, following the retirement of Peter Murray at the end of January, reports Risknews ' sister publication FX Week . Murray, who was based in London, and Newcomb, based in New York,…
Barclays Capital strengthens in forex sales
Barclays Capital has hired two directors to work in the foreign exchange sales team. The UK-based bank said it would focus on broadening US corporate sales coverage.
More banks putting capital into research
ABN Amro and Barclays Capital are among the increasing number of banks putting money on their trade recommendations for foreign exchange, reports Risknews’s sister publication FX Week . Both have allocated money to start trading on model portfolios this…
Laying down the law
The debate surrounding the publication of market reform proposals by a group of leading bondholders – the so-called Group of 26 – is hotting up. Issuers have reacted negatively to what has in effect amounted to a series of ultimatums. Laurence Neville…