News
UBS appoints Rainer Ruecker as head of public distribution trading
Rainer Ruecker has joined UBS to lead the bank's new public distribution trading team.
Former CME employee charged with data theft
A former employee of CME Group has been arrested and charged with stealing data from the firm
Regulator strengthens enforcement authority
CFTC finalises new Dodd-Frank anti-manipulation rule but energy experts continue to question its value
OECD calls for a permanent risk body
With the increased global threat of risk in the financial and other systems, the OECD calls for a permanent risk body within its organisation
FERC requirements “burdensome & potentially misleading”
A move to boost the electricity market’s transparency through additional data reporting has drawn criticism and raised questions about the FERC’s focus. Pauline McCallion reports
Global economic ripple effect spreads to US power
Growing US coal exports and increased investor activity are linking traditionally domestic markets such as power to global economic events. Pauline McCallion finds out about this trend
Trading positions - July 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Icap names new chief operating officer
Mark Price to join interdealer broker in October 2011 with responsibility for risk and compliance
Inconsistent regulations delaying AMA rollouts globally, banks say
Pillar II is causing banks to face challenges from host regulators
People: Citi shakes up structuring group
Citi shakes up structuring group
Further liquidity fragmentation in foreign exchange predicted
Market-damaging behaviour should be controlled, but separation or elimination of high-frequency trading would be damaging to the market’s equilibrium, ClientKnowledge argues in research published today
BoE’s Haldane highlights increasing risks from high-frequency trading
Bank of England executive director of financial stability Andrew Haldane outlines policy measures to reduce systemic threat posed by high-frequency trading
Basel and Dodd-Frank create arbitrage potential, say analysts
Removal of credit ratings under Dodd-Frank will create arbitrage opportunities – and is already being exploited by some US banks, research claims
Grensted parts company with LCH.Clearnet
The clearer's head of business development - and one of SwapClear's architects - left the firm today
Jean-Marc Bonnefous talks China and QE2
Jean-Marc Bonnefous, managing partner, Tellurian Capital Management, talks Chinese growth scenarios, quantitative easing, and their impact on commodity markets
Société Générale offers alternative to spread betting to UK and German markets
Société Générale's product is likely to be used by those who have lost out on spread betting or equity investors wanting to boost returns.
Credit markets people moves – July 2011
People news
Credit investors nervous over withdrawal of QE2
Credit investors nervous over withdrawal of US quantitative easing programmes
CBOE relaunches credit event binary options
CBOE relaunches credit event binary options
Iceland returns to market with $1bn 5yr deal
Iceland returns to market with $1bn 5yr deal
LGIM names new head of global rates
Nick Griffiths to join Legal & General Investment Management in September
Citi reverses stance on Lehman notes offering $136m group repurchase settlement
Citi has become the final major bank to reach a repurchase agreement with Hong Kong regulators on Lehman Brothers related structured products. But Lehman-related enforcement action is expected to rumble on.