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CESR elects new chairs
CESR elects new chairman and vice chairman
FSA appoints new director
Lesley Titcomb becomes director of the FSA's Regulatory Transactions Division.
Hedge funds are "disasters waiting to happen", says report
At least 30% of hedge funds have poor risk management that makes them "disasters waiting to happen", according to a report from consultancy Deloitte & Touche.
ANZ hires in European expansion
ANZ Bank has appointed Martin Fiddaman to the new position of head of financial institutions for Europe.
Tradition hires five in inflation
Interdealer broker Tradition has added to its inflation team across Europe and appointed a new desk head, John Cullen.
Lehman hires Shambayati as European emerging markets head
Soroosh Shambayati has been appointed as European head of fixed income for emerging markets by Lehman Brothers.
CBOE prepares to launch credit default options
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is preparing to trade credit default options that will pay out following a credit event.
GFI: financials and telecoms most active CDSs
Credit default swaps (CDSs) referenced to financial services and telecommunications firms were the most active in the global credit default swap market in January, according to New York-based interdealer broker GFI.