JP Morgan

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,…

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 .

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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