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€15bn floods bill unlikely to further hurt insurance sector
Insurers and reinsurers are unlikely to face significant financial difficulties following serious flooding in central Europe that has caused damage worth around €15 billion, according to research by UBS Warburg.
Credit liquidity at a premium as trading activity hits the August blues
Liquidity in the European and US credit derivatives markets has hit premium levels in Europe and the US this week, with trading said to have fallen to 10% of normal volumes and spreads fluctuating within a five basis point range.
Euronext Amsterdam early for on-screen derivatives trading
Euoronext Amsterdam believes it will have moved all Dutch futures and options onto screen-based trading by December 9 – three months ahead of schedule.
Bear Stearns hires US rate futures sales manager
US investment bank Bear Stearns has hired Alan Swimmer from rival Citigroup Salomon Smith Barney as a senior managing director and national sales manager for its interest rate futures business.
DrKW recruits London-based credit derivatives flow trader
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Germany’s Dresdner Bank, has hired Paul Lewitt as director and head of credit derivatives flow trading based in London. The London hire follows a ramp-up of DrKW’s credit derivatives…
FSA to review regulation of hedge funds
Hedge funds could become more accessible to UK retail investors following a Financial Services Authority (FSA) statement saying current restrictive selling rules are to be reviewed.
Duke says Ferc probe unrelated to Australian investment curb
Duke Energy International (DEI) today denied speculation that its curb in Australian pipelines investments was related to US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) investigations into US parent Duke Energy’s alleged round-trip trades on the…
Conde takes CEO post at SunGard
Cristobal Conde has been elected chief executive of Pennsylvania-based risk technology company SunGard, adding to his current responsibilities as president.
Risk technology market fall-out expected, survey finds
The UK trading and risk management technology sector appears to have reached over-saturation, with a number of vendor companies expected to disappear over the coming two years, according to a technology survey published by Kimsey Consulting.
Van Tonder takes over as Front’s South Africa head
Cliff van Tonder has assumed leadership of Front Capital Systems’ South Africa office. He will maintain relations with existing Front clients such as ABSA, Standard Bank, Nedcor and Investec, as well as targeting new clients likely to include prominent…