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Société Générale expands DCM team
Two senior staff have joined Société Générale's debt capital markets (DCM) team in Europe.
OCC recruits head of quantitative risk
The Chicago-based Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has recruited Simon Babbs as head of quantitative risk management.
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Northern Rock chairman resigns
Matt Ridley, chairman of the troubled UK mortgage lender Northern Rock, has resigned.
SG appoints new hedge fund head
David Escoffier has replaced Dan Fields as head of Société Générale's hedge fund group.
IKB concealed subprime risk from board, auditor says
Management at troubled German bank IKB did not disclose the bank's €1.6 billion exposure to US subprime loans to the IKB board, says a special report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
JPMorgan TSS selected as ICE Clear Europe consolidation bank
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has appointed JPMorgan Treasury & Securities Services (JPMorgan TSS) as consolidation bank for its European clearing house, ICE Clear Europe.
Lloyds TSB appoints head of FX derivatives trading
Lloyds TSB has appointed Anders Henrikson as head of foreign exchange derivatives trading in London.
Dresdner derivatives head steps down
Marc Michallet, the London-based head of the financial solutions group for Europe at Dresdner Kleinwort, has left the bank.
Deutsche Bank appoints European co-heads for securitised products group
Deutsche Bank has appointed Marzio Keiling and Mark Graham as co-heads of its European securitised products group. Keiling and Graham will be based in London and report to Erik Falk and Frank Byrne, co-heads of the global securitised products group.
Dresdner Kleinwort strengthens equity and credit derivatives teams
Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment arm of Dresdner Bank, has added new London-based staff to its equity and credit derivatives business.
Standard Chartered Bank appoints new global head of interest rate derivatives
Standard Chartered Bank has hired Nitin Gulabani as global head of interest rate derivatives for its wholesale banking business. Gulabani will be based in Singapore and report to Michael Bass, global head of rates and foreign exchange.
RBS expands Middle Eastern structured investor products business
RBS has appointed Nabil Kobeissi and Zineb Ayouch to its Middle Eastern structured investor products (SIP) business in London.
BNP Paribas appoints new head of ABS correlation trading
BNP Paribas has appointed Peter Nowell as head of asset-backed security (ABS) correlation trading within fixed income, as of October 17.