Commerzbank

Dresdner hires in Japan

Dresdner Kleinwort has appointed Joseph Kraft as head of capital markets for Japan, succeeding Jean-François Minier, chief executive of Asia-Pacific, who has been acting head since July 2006.

Swiss Finance hires former DrKW duo

Independent brokerage Swiss Finance has made two senior additions to its London office. Jason de Clerk has been hired to run the forwards desk, while Sultan Lone joins the firm to run its institutional sales team.

IIC launches euro iBoxx ABS index

Frankfurt-based International Index Company (IIC) has launched the iBoxx EUR ABS 50 index, which consists of the 50 largest and most liquid AAA-rated European floating rate asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Each…

DrKW electronic drive sparks personnel moves

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment arm of Germany’s Dresdner Bank, plans to further separate its credit flow products and digital markets divisions as part of what it calls an effort to expand electronic trading across its business.

BaFin eases clearing house restrictions

BaFin, the German regulator, has removed a requirement for financial institutions to hold capital against transactions with swaps clearing counterparties – a rule that had threatened German banks' use of SwapClear.

GFI hires vom Scheidt from Commerzbank

Interdealer broker GFI has hired Kurt vom Scheidt as a foreign exchange product manager in its data and analytics group of in London as FX product manager. Vom Scheidt joins from Commerzbank in London, where he was global head of markets business…

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