Barclays Capital
Barclays Capital recruits compliance director
Barclays Capital has hired Ted Morris in London as a compliance director with responsibility for its UK and European commodities businesses.
Berry leaves Société Générale for BarCap
David Berry is leaving his job as global head of commercial market data at French bank Société Générale for a post at Barclays Capital.
BarCap begins online book-building for structured products
Barclays Capital has launched online book-building on equity structured note issues.
Schwartz moves to BarCap
Douglas Schwartz has left UBS to join Barclays Capital, in the newly created role of client services manager in the bank’s e-commerce group.
Barclays adds functions to Barx for FX
Barclays Capital has added new functions to its Barx for FX trading platform.
BarCap and Integral develop FX trading system
Barclays Capital and Integral, the Mountain View-based foreign exchange systems vendor, are developing a new product aimed at regional banks and brokers.
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.
Deutsche Bank hires Gulf head
Deutsche Bank has hired Nicholas Hegarty as head of banking for the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region.
Barclays Capital appoints leveraged finance head
Barclays Capital has announced the internal appointment of John Kelting as head of European leveraged finance.
Gladwin moves to Lehman Brothers
Richard Gladwin has started in his role as global head of foreign exchange at Lehman Brothers in London. The appointment follows a three-month sabbatical since he left his post as head of forex derivatives at Barclays Capital on April 21.
BarCap snares Bes from BNP Paribas to head private bank coverage
Barclays Capital has today appointed Pierre Bes as a managing director and head of private bank coverage, Europe.
Barclays hires 15 to equity division
Barclays Capital has hired 15 people across its equity-linked sales, trading and research desks in Europe, the US and Asia. The hires began at the beginning of the year, bringing the number of staff working across the equity division of the bank to 165,…
BarCap opens online structured note trading
Barclays Capital has started offering online trading in equity structured notes to customers worldwide.
Barx forex options trading extended to Asia
Barclays Capital has extended the remit of its Barx electronic trading platform to include the remote trading of vanilla foreign exchange options in Asia. The upgrade will offer traders live two-way streaming of tradable prices across 17 currency pairs…
BarCap strengthens FX in Singapore and Tokyo
Barclays Capital has added more senior personnel to its foreign exchange teams in Singapore and Tokyo.
Gladwin leaves Barclays for Lehman forex role
Richard Gladwin, head of currency derivatives at Barclays Capital, has left the bank to join Lehman Brothers. Gladwin is expected to be named the US bank’s new global head of foreign exchange sales in London, although a Lehman spokesman would not confirm…
Langley quits Merrill Lynch to co-head corporate risk at BarCap
Barclays Capital has hired John Langley to join its London office in June as co-head of European corporate risk advisory. Langley is leaving Merrill Lynch, where he has worked for 11 years, most recently as head of the bank’s risk advisory group and co…
Barclays Capital prises Shelton from Citigroup
David Shelton has quit his position as a director in Citigroup’s global credit derivatives research unit in London, and is to join Barclays Capital.
Asia’s wealth markets to achieve double-digit growth, says Barclays
A survey by Barclays Capital has predicted that Asia's top wealth management markets will grow by up to 17% a year over the next three years.
BarCap appoints its first commodities head for Asia
Barclays Capital is looking to increase commodity sales in Asia after appointing Russell Norton to be its first-ever head of commodities for the region. He will be based at the bank's commodities trading hub in Singapore.
Barclays Capital slams UK pension accounting rules
Barclays Capital has likened pension funds piling into long-dated index-linked gilts to the tech bubble of 1998 to 2000. And its top London strategist believes the fault lies with new accounting rules that force an unreasonably inflexible discount rate…
BarCap survey shows options e-commerce still lags behind
A Barclays Capital survey of its corporate customers has found that electronic trading of foreign exchange options is lagging behind, as the market attempts to shift trading from voice brokerage to e-commerce systems.
BarCap takes eFX options trading to the next level
Barclays Capital has become the first dealer to launch live two-way streaming tradable prices for FX options, which will be rolled out to its clients during the coming months on its proprietary platform Barx.