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JP Morgan's Daniels Webster to retire
JP Morgan Chase’s global head of market risk and fiduciary risk management, Lesley Daniels Webster, is to retire in February.
TriOptima trims six companies' oil swap portfolios
TriOptima, a Swedish company dedicated to reducing over-the-counter swap portfolios, has expanded its service into energy. The company has terminated its first group of multilateral OTC oil derivative swaps, with six companies eliminating unnecessary…
BNP Paribas reorganises fixed-income business
BNP Paribas is set to reorganise its fixed-income business by splitting its marketing and trading activities. The new set-up replaces a structure where the division was split into three areas: foreign exchange, interest rates and credit.
TriOptima launches oil swap tear-up service
TriOptima, the Stockholm-based financial technology firm specialising in an over-the-counter swap 'tear-up' service, has extended its capabilities to oil swaps.
Private bankers buying more FX-linked structured products
Private bankers are buying an increasing number of structured products linked to currency movements in a bid to provide more attractive yields to their clients.
Collins Stewart merges G-7 currency options desks
Collins Stewart Tullett has merged the Group of Seven currency options desks of its Tullett Liberty and Prebon Yamane subsidiaries in London and Asia.
Wachovia seeks to improve risk data
Wachovia is implementing the AC Plus data management system from Dutch vendor Asset Control within its corporate investment bank to improve risk management.
NAB forex derivatives rejig continues
National Australia Bank (NAB) has continued its rebuilding process by hiring David Hicks as an Australian dollar forwards dealer.
Markit signs up 50th Red customer
Markit has signed its fiftieth customer to its reference entity database (Red) for credit instruments. The move means the St Albans-based company has signed up 35 additional clients to Red from its base of 15 institutions in January 2004.
Ubitrade launches margin risk management tool
Ubitrade, the Paris-based provider of derivatives trading technology acquired by GL Trade in the first quarter of 2004, has released RiskUbix, a new margin risk management module.
HKEx targets derivatives growth
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has scheduled a number of new initiatives for 2005 to combat flagging investor interest in derivatives. It also plans to expand and promote its distribution of market data to a wider user base in the Far East.
IPE launches UK electricity baseload index
The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) has launched a UK electricity baseload index in response, it said, to industry demand for a viable index on which to base physical deals. The first pricing period will be for the March 2005 contract.
European Commission sues over emissions-trading legislation
The European Commission is taking legal action against Greece, Italy, Belgium and Finland for not fully transposing the emissions-trading directive into national law by December 31, 2003. Separately, Italy will receive a final written warning because it…
DDQ re-issues commodity-linked structured product
Dawnay Day Quantum (DDQ), a division of London-based financial services and property investment company Dawnay Day, has re-issued its commodity-linked structured product aimed at both the institutional and retail markets.
BofA reports improved commodity-trading income
North Carolina-based Bank of America yesterday reported revenues of $45 million from commodity trading in its full-year 2004 results, up from a loss of $45 million for 2003. The investment bank's recovery came amid strong overall financial results for…
Front Capital wins $5 billion hedge fund client
KBC Alternative Investment Management (KBC AIM), a hedge fund subsidiary of Belgium's KBC Bank and Insurance Group that manages more than $5 billion in assets, plans to implement Front Capital's Arena trading, risk management and distribution system.
HSBC provides clients with forex charting tools
HSBC has begun rolling out a web-based currency data charting application from UK vendor TraderMade to its corporate and investment clients. The application, called FX Charting, will support trading and hedging strategy decisions.
Fortum to buy Eon’s Finnish subsidiary
Finnish energy company Fortum is to buy a majority stake in the Finnish arm of German utility Eon from the parent company and has also offered to buy the City of Espoo’s 34.2% shareholding. Fortum will pay Eon 390 million euros ($509 million) for its 65…
Icap buys out GovPX for $13 million
UK inter-dealer broker Icap is buying out the outstanding shares in GovPX, a US fixed-income and derivatives data provider, for $13 million, it was announced last week.
Mirant to pay $460m to settle California energy crisis claims
Bankrupt Atlanta-based energy marketer Mirant will pay $460 million to California power utilities and public agencies to resolve claims related to the state’s energy crisis in 2000 and 2001. The California utilities and agencies in the settlement were…
BNP Paribas snares six from Freddie Mac for US mortgage business
French investment bank BNP Paribas has hired six former Freddie Mac professionals, as part of an initiative to build its US mortgage business.
Risk Management Inc signs four utility clients
Risk Management Inc (RMI), a Chicago-based energy consultancy and brokerage, has signed up four new utility customers for its energy risk management and hedging services. The City of Glendale Water & Power and Pasadena Water & Power, both in California,…
BarCap boosts German coverage with Frankfurt hires
Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, has made several appointments to its Frankfurt office, extending its coverage in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Amerex gains sulpur dioxide trading privileges on CCX
Houston-based broker Amerex Energy has obtained SO 2 trading privileges on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), an emissions-trading marketplace. Amerex can now broker futures contracts in trading increments of 25-tonne SO2 allowances. The standard over…