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RBS shuffles leveraged finance team
The Royal Bank of Scotland has made two personnel changes to its leveraged finance business.
Property derivatives growing, but pricing still difficult
The UK property derivatives market has crossed the £1 billion ($1.88 billion) notional mark, but pricing information shows that the market is still far from efficient, according to the London-based property think-tank, Investment Property Forum (IPF).
BarCap and Merrill Lynch expand derivatives research
Barclays Capital and Merrill Lynch have released new reports on derivatives strategies.
BarCap launches Mexico bank and broker-dealer operations
Barclays Capital (BarCap) has started trading in local markets in Mexico, with the launch of a combined bank and broker-dealer, Grupo Financiero Barclays Mexico. Barclays has invested $100 million in the group so far.
Ernst & Young signs Christie to integrate risk and regulation in UK
Ernst & Young has appointed Stephen Christie as head of financial services - risk and regulatory services for the UK, a newly created position based in London.
JP Morgan makes key appointments in global equities
JP Morgan has made several key personnel changes within the global equities group. The new appointments, which take effect immediately, include Nick Andrews, who takes on an expanded role as head of emerging markets for global equities, in addition to…
NY Fed’s Geithner emphasises systemic risk in derivatives markets
Speaking in Hong Kong, New York Fed president Timothy Geithner has called for better regulation of hedge funds and the derivatives market.
Markit signs new derivatives processing client
Markit, the London-based data provider, has signed asset managers CQS as a client of its trade-processing service.
Ice and Nybot agree to merge
The Intercontinental Exchange (Ice) and the New York Board of Trade (Nybot) have agreed to merge.