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Daiwa names Tony Wong head of FICC sales for Asia ex-Japan
Tony Wong's appointment follows a series of senior hires made by Daiwa’s FICC division earlier this year
Debate swirls over merits of CoCos and bail-in debt
Banks are anxious to find cost-effective capital structures that will be attractive to investors and acceptable to regulators.
SEC appoints Thomas Bayer as chief information officer
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Thomas Bayer as chief information officer.
If everyone says we got QIS 5 wrong, then we must have got it right: van Hulle
European Commission rejects industry criticism over the calibration of QIS 5
ECB calls for more data to prevent crises
European Central Bank draws attention to information gaps, says broader and more flexible data will aid macroprudential supervision
EC's Barnier unveils new college approach to bank crisis resolution
European Commission proposals of extensive new powers at odds with Basel vision of colleges, and Cebs' new assessment of success of information-sharing initiatives
EU council reaches compromise agreement on AIFM
The European Council has finally reached agreement on its approach to the alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) directive, paving the way for an end to negotiations and a deal on non-EU managers.
Basel Committee sketches regulatory action plan
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision identifies eight issues it is working on as Basel III reform package heads into the political sphere
More discord over Basel III countercyclical buffers
Basel Committee’s Peter Praet acknowledges disagreement; Charles Goodhart warns lack of consensus will stop central banks acting to stem financial imbalances
Fitch hires Joao Garcia as head of quantitative analytics
Garcia replaces Brigo as leader of quant research team
ADB prices first offshore supranational renminbi bond in Hong Kong
The Asian Development Bank can swap the renminbi bond into floating interest rates, subject to market conditions
Icap appoints Iain Torrens as group finance director
Iain Torrens to move to Icap as group finance director
McCabe to head client structuring at Lloyds TSB
Phil McCabe moves from RBS to Lloyds TSB to lead structuring team
Standard Chartered snares Alan Koh as global head of energy sales
Morgan Stanley veteran Alan Koh has joined Standard Chartered as global head of energy in Singapore
ICFA talks Target2- Securities with the ECB
Jean-Michel Godeffroy, chairman of the T2S programme board at the European Central Bank, talks through the future of the settlement platform with Melanie White of ICFA Magazine
State Street launches new service to streamline processing of ETFs
State street launches ETF streamline service
Low volatility favours accelerated plans
UK investors have recently been offered emerging markets as an underlying, a commodity fund and no capital protection as providers have been able to structure some attractive payoffs
Liquid CDSs mean cheaper debt, Fitch research finds
Study shows strong correlation between CDS liquidity and yields on sovereign debt
New dynamic risk measure launched
Tool can capture the time evolution of market risk for energy and commodity-linked positions
Energy Risk Asia 2010 conference
With global regulation changes causing market concern and businesses tipped to move to Asia seen by analysts as a beacon of supply and demand growth, this year's Energy Risk Asia conference in Singapore couldn’t have come at a better time
New State Street index measures fragility of US equity markets
State Street launches index measuring elasticity of US equity markets
Upturn predicted for physical energy trading
Trade flow likely to move to physical markets due to new derivatives rules, experts say
State Street promotes Anderson to CIO of fixed income
State Street promotes Anderson to CIO of fixed income
RBS treats German investors to emerging markets structured notes
RBS offers the exotic to German investors