Barclays Capital
Barclays boosts Asian credit team
Barclays Capital has continued its drive to boost its Asian credit derivatives business with another new hire in Hong Kong. William Pang joined the bank yesterday as director of Asian credit derivatives with responsibility for market risk.
Barclays Capital makes senior credit sales appointment in New York
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of the UK’s Barclays Bank, has hired John Lovisolo as a managing director in its North American credit derivatives and structured product sales team.
First Irish covered mortgage bonds set to debut
Bank of Ireland's mortgage banking unit is readying the country’s first issuance of covered bonds backed by a pool of residential mortgages. The €2 billion issue, which will be triple-A rated, is set to be priced within the next month. Barclays Capital,…
GFI launches electronic credit derivatives trading platform
Inter-dealer broker GFI has completed the first stage of its rollout of CreditMatch, its electronic trading platform for credit derivatives.
Barclays Capital builds up global interest rate derivatives desk
UK-based investment bank Barclays Capital has made two new appointments to its interest rate derivatives desk in London to focus on exotic products. Both will take up their posts in September.
Barclays Capital hires US corporate risk marketer
Barclays Capital has hired Peter Toolan as a director in its corporate risk management and derivatives management team.
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Deutsche snaps up former Barclays credit research analysts
Gary Jenkins and Jim Reid, who both recently left Barclays Capital, are to join Deutsche Bank in London. Jenkins will become European head of credit research and fundamental strategy, with Reid joining him as a European credit strategist. Reid will start…
Barclays Capital hires five in the Americas
London-based Barclays Capital has made five appointments to its corporate risk management and derivatives group.
Icap to add trading functions to i-Swap
Faster-than-expected advances in electronic derivatives trading have forced inter-dealer broker Icap to step up plans to launch its own electronic swaps trading platform.
Barclays Capital builds up Asian business
Barclays Capital has been aggressively expanding its Asian business, with the hiring of senior staff across all asset classes.
Barclays Capital purchases gold market-fixing seat
London-based investment bank Barclays Capital has purchased membership of the London gold market-fixing forum (LGMF) from NM Rothschild and Sons, the London-based bank that recently signalled its intention to leave the gold market.
Barclays Capital introduces electronic dollar interest rate swaps trading
Barclays Capital has enabled users of Bloomberg Professional to trade dollar interest rate swaps electronically via its automated real-time execution platform, Barx.
DrKW recruits corporate repo and collateral trader
Glenn Handley has joined German investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein from Barclays Capital to work within the credit financing and collateral trading (CFCT) team, part of the short-term products and treasury group in London.
BarCap appoints head of foreign exchange strategy
David Woo will take charge of foreign exchange strategy as a director for Barclays Capital in London, effective June 9.
Latest data may set the tone for a firmer dollar
Stronger-than-expected economic data from the United States last Friday may set the tone for a firmer US dollar this week, and might put an end to the nervousness that has kept some clients out of the market in past few days.
Options staff hotly pursued
Currency options traders are finding themselves hotly pursued, as a series of high-profile moves around the world has set off a chain of demand, reports RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .
Isda called on to improve OTC commodities market
Elaine Whiting, head of global over-the-counter commodities transaction documentation and management at Barclays Capital, yesterday called for assistance from financial institutions to create operations 'metrics' for OTC commodities markets.
Barclays Capital snares dollar interest rate traders
Barclays Capital has hired three traders to work in its dollar interest rate derivatives team in New York.
Jenkins set to leave Barcap
Gary Jenkins, one of the most experienced and respected analysts in European credit research, looks set to leave Barclays Capital after the appointment of Mark Howard as the firm’s new head of credit research.
Barcap adds in equity derivatives
UK-based investment bank Barclays Capital has made two appointments to its equity derivatives team in London.
Barclays Capital becomes PGM market maker
UK investment bank Barclays Capital yesterday began market making in platinum and palladium.
Seven leave Dresdner in FX flight
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London is facing an exodus of staff from foreign exchange, with at least seven leaving the bank in London and New York in the past month, reports Risknews’ sister publication FX Week .
UBS snares inflation derivatives trader
Swiss investment bank UBS has hired Dariush Mirfendereski, an inflation derivatives trader, from UK-based rival Barclays Capital.