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A View on 2007: By Citgroup's Richard Burns
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Continuing our series of thoughts on the subject Structured Products invited Richard Burns, Citigroup's London-based global head of equity derivative structured products & hybrid products, to provide…
A View on 2007: By Morrison & Foerster's Anna Pinedo
What will 2007 hold for structured products regulation? Continuing our series of thoughts on the year ahead Structured Products invited Anna Pinedo, partner at US law firm Morrison & Foerster in New York, to provide her thoughts on the subject.
A View on 2007: By Credit Suisse's Hans Georg Vetterlin
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Continuing our series of thoughts on the subject Structured Products invited Hans Georg Vetterlin, Credit Suisse's Zurich-based head of structured derivatives incubation & advisory, to provide his…
A View on 2007: By DWS Scudder's Chris Warren
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Continuing our series of thoughts on the subject Structured Products invited Chris Warren, DWS Scudder's head of structured products for the US in New York, to provide his thoughts on how the markets…
BNP Paribas hires head of UK/Ireland/South Africa sales
BNP Paribas' Equity & Derivatives business (EQD) has hired Stephane Goursat as head of UK / Ireland / South Africa structured products sales.
Robeco and SAM team up for sustainability platform
Dutch asset manager Robeco and Switzerland-based Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) have launched a platform for sustainability investments. SAM is an asset manager focusing on sustainability investments, and is well known for constructing and licensing…
Headhunting firm expands credit sales
Hutton Consulting is expanding its credit headhunting business by branching out into fixed income sales.
CEIOPS publishes supplement to consultation paper
CEIOPS has published a supplement to its recent Solvency II Consultation Paper No. 20
FSA publishes international regulatory outlook
The FSA has published its 2006 International Regulatory Outlook.
SPA predicts 40% US market rise for 2006
The New York-based Structured Products Association (SPA) is preparing its final assessment of the business year. And according to its chairman, Keith Strycula, it looks like 2006 sales figures will be 40% above 2005 figures.
A View on 2007: By Unicredit’s Ferdinando Samaria
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Structured Products invited Dr. Ferdinando Samaria, Unicredit's global co-head of markets, to provide his thoughts on how the markets may play out next year.
BNP Paribas hits back at Wall Street Journal structured products coverage
Serge Troyanovsky, director of equities & derivatives at BNP Paribas in New York, has hit back at the coverage structured products received in the December 9th edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the Structured Products Association (SPA) reports…
EIIB hires for new Bahrain office
The London-based European Islamic Investment Bank (EIIB) has hired Toby Lanyon as general manager for its newly opened Bahrain office. Lanyon joins from Nomura Investment Banking in Bahrain where he was head of equity derivatives marketing, Middle East.
RBS pushes further into Europe
UK banking group Royal Bank of Scotland has continued its aggressive push into Europe with the release of new products for the Swedish and German markets.
BIS release their quarterly review
Report focuses on financial markets but also predicts an orderly economic slowdown
Federal Reserve issue notice of proposed rulemaking on Basel Ia
US takes its next step towards Basel implementation
CEIOPS out with Quantitative Impact Study 2 Report
CEIOPS has published its second Quantitative Impact Study, QIS2.
HSBC hires Ken Sue as head of wealth management sales, Asia
HSBC has hired Ken Sue as head of wealth management sales, Asia. He joins from Deutsche Bank where he served as managing director of global equity derivatives in Hong Kong.
DDQ raises participation rates for commodity products
In an unusual move Dawnay Day Quantum (DDQ), the UK specialist investment manager, has raised participation rates in the latest issue of its Protected Commodities Turbo Series, over and above what was promised in the offer period.
NDF hires Jim Goddard-Jones
NDF Administration, a UK structured products distributor, has hired Jim Goddard-Jones as structured products director, a newly created position. Goddard-Jones was previously head of Bristol & West's third party distribution business.