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HSBC promotes Brown to head of FX
HSBC has promoted Andrew Brown to global head of foreign exchange, a new position.
WASHINGTON, DC – The new capital rules for non-Basel II banks in the US received a pasting in comments from firms and industry bodies posted on regulatory websites in late January.
Bank of America has recruited Peter Merritt to head a new metals trading team. Merritt, previously head of global metals at HSBC, will bring a team of metals traders and marketers with him from HSBC to...
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IIC launches euro iBoxx ABS index
Frankfurt-based International Index Company (IIC) has launched the iBoxx EUR ABS 50 index, which consists of the 50 largest and most liquid AAA-rated European floating rate asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Each constituent...
PBOC gives OTC foreign exchange trading go-ahead
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has opened up the country's spot FX market to over-the-counter trades, and authorised the China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS) to determine the daily central parity rate for the RMB against foreign currencies....
Australia sees 37% decline in forex OTC options, says Afma
Trading in over-the-counter foreign exchange options fell by more than a third over 12 months to the end-June this year, according to figures released by the Australian Financial Markets Association (Afma).
Risk and responsibility
A growing number of banks are producing sustainability reports detailing their environmental and socially responsible initiatives. Is this just slick PR or has sustainability become an important risk management consideration? Clive Davidson investigates...
Trouble in paradise
Healthy balance sheets, swollen liquidity reserves and positive cashflows should be the words every bondholder wants to hear, but they could spell bad news for credit investors in the US as companies prepare to reward equityholders
Major dealers issue joint letter to Fed on credit derivatives
The New York Federal Reserve meeting with 14 major dealers on September 15 appears to have succeeded in coercing the industry into taking more concerted action to tackle the mounting problems in credit derivatives confirmation backlogs. Following the...
Isda’s ‘novation protocol’ aims to tackle derivatives backlogs
The world's major derivatives dealers have signed up to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s long-awaited ‘Novation Protocol’, which seeks to facilitate the transfer of existing trades to third parties.
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