Societe Generale
Freddie Mac appoints Anurag Saksena as first CRO
Freddie Mac, the second largest US federal mortgage agencys, has hired Anurag Saksena as its first chief enterprise risk officer.
Playing catch-up
The back office has found it difficult to keep up with front-office trading, prompting a warning by the FSA over the level of unsigned confirmations in the credit derivatives market earlier this year. Banks are now looking to improve the automation of…
Barclays Capital continues to build equity derivatives unit
Barclays Capital has continued the expansion of its equity derivatives department with the appointments of Ed Ware, Javier Martin and Tetsuo Majima.
Ixis sets up credit proprietary trading desk
Ixis corporate and investment bank has hired two former Société Générale (SG) traders to set up a credit proprietary trading desk in London.
SG boosts European rates sales
Société Générale has hired Jan de Bondt and Ian Morgan in rates sales as the bank looks to expand its European footprint in the rates business.
Goldman poaches Asian warrants specialist from SG
Cheril Lee has quit Société Générale in Hong Kong to head Goldman Sachs’ warrants business for Asia ex-Japan.
RBS beefs up equity derivatives distribution
The Royal Bank of Scotland has raided its rivals’ sales desks by hiring three directors in equity derivative sales to cover Germany, Italy and Scandinavia. The move signals the Edinburgh-headquartered bank’s intent on improving its distribution…
A place on the grid
A growing number of banks have implemented grid technology for their risk management and derivatives trading businesses, allowing them to borrow spare capacity from dormant computers to process complex tasks in a fraction of the time. By Clive Davidson
SG boosts German equity derivatives sales
Société Générale has hired Michael Gypkins, Björn Seifert and Heiko Schömbs as senior equity derivatives salesmen in Frankfurt. The three had worked for Citigroup in similar positions and will start in their new roles on April 1.
SG builds India private banking franchise
French bank Société Générale has extended its private banking franchise in India, with the appointment of Balakrishnan Kunnambath as managing director and global head of Indian subcontinent.
SG CIB unveils cross asset research
Paris-based SG Corporate and Investment Banking, the corporate and investment banking arm of Société Générale, has combined its research capabilities to offer its customers cross-asset analysis spanning credit, equity, fixed income and foreign exchange…
Société Générale snares Geys
Société Générale has appointed Raphaël Geys as head of European fixed-income sales for financial institutions in London.
SG hires four credit research analysts
Société Générale is strengthening its European credit research unit with the addition of four new recruits.
TriOptima launches oil swap tear-up service
TriOptima, the Stockholm-based financial technology firm specialising in an over-the-counter swap 'tear-up' service, has extended its capabilities to oil swaps.
Fitch/Algorithmics deal analysis
New York-based global ratings and risk management specialist Fitch Group has acquired Toronto-based enterprise risk management software supplier Algorithmics for $175 million.
Citibank cut out
The suspension of Citibank’s private banking business by the Financial Services Agency in September has brought to light a catalogue of internal control and governance failures within the bank’s Japanese operations. And with Citi now cut out of the…
Liquidity majors back SwapsWire's equity options service
The top 12 equity derivatives dealers will process over-the-counter equity option transactions through SwapsWire’s automated confirmation service when it launches in the second quarter of 2005.
Nomura continues equity derivatives build-up
Nomura, the Japanese securities firm, has continued its drive to create a strong European equity derivatives department, by unveiling a number of new hires.
DrKW replaces hybrid capital head
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Ronan Donohue as head of hybrid capital to replace Mark Woolley, who quit to join Deutsche Bank in September.
TCW Group hires CDO manager
Los Angeles-headquartered asset manager, TCW Group, a subsidiary of Société Générale, has hired Edward Steffelin for its New York office.
SG takes role in Chinese capital-guaranteed fund
Chinese fund management firm Harvest has launched the country’s fourth capital-guaranteed fund in conjunction with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and SG, part of French bank Société Générale. The fund, launched last week, is the first to involve a…
SG expands Italian derivatives business
SG, the investment banking unit of French bank Société Générale, has expanded its institutional derivatives sales force in Italy by merging its equities arm with its interest rate and credit divisions.
Learning from Esops' fables
France's SNCF is concentrating on the risks, particularly the operational ones, associated with its new employee savings programme. Duncan Wood reports on its progress, and throws light on the various other Esop-type products on the market.
SG names co-heads of fixed income and derivatives
SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, has named two co-heads of the fixed income and derivatives operations in Europe and Asia to fill the vacancy left by Grégoire Varenne, who moves on to the company’s debt finance executive committee.