Feature/People
Man on a mission
With a background that has taken him through banking and global institutions, Todd Groome may seem at first glance an unlikely champion of the hedge fund industry. This varied experience, however, is just what has given him a deep appreciation of what…
Credit Suisse builds up commodity indexing business with three hires
Credit Suisse has made three new hires in its commodities business, including Dan Raab, who formerly looked after the global development of American International Group's (AIG) commodity index. The bank has tapped Merrill Lynch for the remaining hires,…
RBC Wealth Management adds Afzal for structured notes
Wasim Afzal has joined RBC Wealth Management as manager to its structured notes and fixed income, advisory team. Afzal will be responsible for developing the structured notes offering for its high net worth (HNW) and ultra HNW clients
SIM takes from Barclays Capital for team expansion
Structured Investment Management (SIM) in New York has made three new hires in an expansion of its team. The new appointments include Mark Graham as executive vice-president of structured finance, who was previously head of corporate solutions and hybrid…
Source adds three to bolster European presence
Source, the exchange-traded product (ETP) distributor, has made three new hires to its European sales team as part of its expansion effort. The open architecture provider has ensnared individuals from Lyxor Asset Management, ETF Securities and Unicredit…
Walker Review ruffles feathers in the City
Editor's blog
BofA-Merrill hires Zaimi to head FICC and structured products sales
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named Sanaz Zaimi as head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as head of debt and equity Structured Products Sales for the same region.
Leading lights
As Structured Products magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary, the time is right to take a look back a mere 15-20 years to when it all began, and to interview a selection of 10 pioneers who created and fostered the business from its European…
The usual upsets
Regulation
Let the right one in
Structured Products
Neave leaves Keydata to lead new SP business at Arbuthnot
Adrian Neave, corporate development manager at Keydata has left the newly insolvent UK structured products distributor to join the Arbuthnot Banking Group, to lead the launch of a new structured products distribution business.
Nayak takes up global structuring at Deutsche Bank
Ram Nayak has been appointed head of global markets structuring at Deutsche Bank, taking responsibility for Deutsche's multi-asset class structuring capabilities across product and coverage businesses. Nayak will take over some of the responsibilities of…
Bassi takes up the helm at the European Commission
Ugo Bassi has been appointed head of unit for asset management in DG Markt, replacing Niall Bohan, and in turn will take over the lead for the discussion of structured products in the context of other retail investment products in Europe.
Pang and Park start at Credit Suisse
One of the worst kept secrets in the Asian structured products market was revealed to the public earlier today, when Credit Suisse confirmed the appointment of Ken Pang and Min Park as co-heads of equity derivatives and convertibles, Asia-Pacific. Pang…
Daniel Yergin
Dr Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize and chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), discusses changes in the energy markets over the past 15 years with Pauline McCallion
Steering solvency
Regulator Q&A
Single banking regulator plan for the US inches closer
Editor's blog
Lilywhite joins Investec as head of structured solutions
Investec Capital Markets has increased its structured solutions team with the addition of Andrew Lillywhite, who has joined as London-based head of the team. Lillywhite will be responsible for developing the bank's treasury and structured product…
The ups and downs of the Japanese yen
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Sponsored statement
Forex freefall
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Funding