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Video: BNP Paribas's head of commodity derivatives Asia-Pacific
Frederic Hervouet, head of commodity derivatives for the Asia-Pacific at BNP Paribas, talks to Lianna Brinded about hedging strategies for energy and commodities
Video: Interview with the president of Gazprom (Singapore)
Arthur Tait, president and managing director of Gazprom in Singapore, talks to Lianna Brinded about the growth and development of energy and commodities demand in Asia
Video: Special Asia report on energy risk management
Lianna Brinded sends us a special report from Hong Kong and Singapore, after speaking to several leaders from the energy and commodities market about risk management
Regulatory changes push OTC energy and commodities markets to Asia
The over-the-counter energy and commodities market is being pushed to Asia by fears over Western regulatory changes, says managing director of technology provider Trayport
HSBC AM names Asia sovereigns head
HSBC AM names Asia sovereigns head
2010 Asia Pacific CVA Forum: Singapore going live with CVA, Korea next?
Domestic banks in Singapore are starting to set up CVA desks at the behest of their regulator, but elsewhere in Asia there are significant obstacles to CVA
Nomura names Rig Karkhanis new head of fixed income for Singapore
Nomura continues to expand its foreign exchange, interest rates, credit and commodities unit in Asia by recruiting Rig Karkhanis as new head of fixed income for Singapore
Triple hire for Macquarie Private Wealth Asia
Macquarie hires three senior executives to boost its private wealth operation in Asia
Credit Suisse names Abbasi as new Asia chief executive
Hans-Ulrich Doerig, chairman of Credit Suisse, said the appointment will further strengthen the bank's management team in the Asia Pacific, a key growth region for the Swiss banking group.
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Société Générale Private Banking appoints new chief exec in South Asia
The private banking arm of Société Générale has made Olivier Gougeon chief executive of its South Asia operations
Rise in deals signals growing confidence in metals markets, say analysts
The number of global mining and metals deals is expected to soar as part of a trend that signals strong growth in the global metals market, according to analysts
Commerzbank builds FX globally
Commerzbank has made key hires in sales and trading across Asia, Europe and the US as it strengthens its global FX business, the bank said on August 25.
Citi adds new head for Asian FX team
Citi continues Asian FX team expansion by relocating Perret-Green from Citi's Europe markets division to Asia to head FX strategy. Citi says its foreign exchange daily trading volumes exceed $15 billion a day in Asia.
UBS snares Siddiqi as head for fixed-income corporate coverage in Asia
UBS hires Siddiqi to head Asia-Pacific FICC corporate coverage group as part of an effort to build up its fixed-income operation in the region
HSBC on global hiring spree
HSBC has made a series of hires across foreign exchange trading and sales in Asia and Europe, it confirmed today (August 17).
SMX gets nod from MAS to start operations
The Singapore Mercantile Exchange plans to create a commodity and derivatives trading platform on a par with the best global exchanges in New York and London.
Singapore’s commodities derivatives exchange to go live
Singapore’s central bank Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) gives the green light for new commodity and currency derivatives bourse
Standard Chartered names Oswald as global head of fixed-income research
The UK-based bank has named an emerging markets specialist with a strong quantitative pedigree to run global fixed-income research
Nomura snares RBS's Melph as global head of central bank and sovereign wealth sales
Central banks and sovereign wealth funds have become an increasingly important source of revenue for derivatives dealers.
MAS ups DBS's op risk capital number
DBS censured by Singapore regulator for IT outage, required to hold more op risk capital
Asia Risk 15: Risk management practices transformed following crises
Local banks in Asia have made huge advances in the way they manage financial risks during the past 15 years. Many of the initial best practices came in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis and more latterly with the implementation of Basel II. But…
Asia Risk 15: Piyush Gupta, DBS
DBS aims to become a regional powerhouse in Asia offering consumer, corporate and wholesale banking services. And getting its risk management architectural framework right is critical. Christopher Jeffery speaks with its chief executive, Piyush Gupta
Credit Suisse launches AES velocity in Singapore allowing trades under one millisecond
Credit Suisse has launched an ultra-low latency direct market access speed that will give investors to trade Singapore-listed equities in under one millisecond.