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RBS poaches trader Chang from Barclays
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Kevin Chang as head of equity derivatives strategy in Asia, as the government-backed bank continues to aggressively expand into the institutional derivatives space....
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Pure Capital, a New Zealand-based quant hedge fund manager, has launched a new open ended fund which aims to provide protection similar to a structured product but make money in both rising and falling...
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