Deutsche Bank
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.
Deutsche Bank makes appointments in structured and investment products team
Deutsche Bank has made two appointments to its structured and investment products team, part of the global equities department, in its New York office.
Deutsche adds to US structuring team
Deutsche Bank has added three directors to its North American structuring team.
Deutsche hires director in strategic equity transactions group
Tim Maynard has joined Deutsche Bank’s strategic equity transactions group as a director, based in the London office.
Deutsche appoints new head of operational risk
Deutsche Bank has internally appointed Christian Sewing as global head of operational risk management (ORM), replacing Fred Peemoeller.
Deutsche appoints new head of operational risk
Deutsche Bank has internally appointed Christian Sewing as global head of operational risk management (ORM), replacing Fred Peemoeller.
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…
Orc customers to gain access to Citi’s trading platform
Orc Software, the Stockholm-based technology vendor that supplies systems for market-making, trading and brokerage, has signed an agreement with Citigroup to allow all its existing customers to access the Citibank automated trading platform (Cats-OS)…
Barclays Capital hires five in the Americas
London-based Barclays Capital has made five appointments to its corporate risk management and derivatives group.
DrKW creates Nordic derivatives marketing team
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has made three appointments to form a new Nordic financial institutions derivatives marketing team in London. The team will market the bank’s full range of derivatives products across asset classes to clients in the…
Private equity group to acquire majority stake in Refco
Boston-based private equity group Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) will acquire a majority stake in Refco, a New York-based financial services firm involved in derivatives execution and clearing, as well as a provider of prime brokerage services for fixed…
FX Concepts hires in options
FX Concepts, a New York-based currency manager, has hired two options specialists to enhance its quantitative research, foreign exchange options and non-directional strategies management.
Deutsche loses top LatAm derivatives marketers
Deutsche Bank has lost two of its top derivatives marketers for Latin America. Hugo Faria, head of Latin American derivatives marketing and Mauricio Esquenazi, Faria’s deputy, have left for UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston, respectively.
Deutsche Bank hires Sternberg to head quant trading
Deutsche Bank’s global equity derivatives group has hired Zemach Sternberg as head of global quantitative trading in New York.
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 .
Martin Wiedmann leaves UBS
The departure of Martin Wiedmann from UBS in Zurich last week sparked a guessing game among his peers over which bank he is set to join, reports RiskNews ' sister publication FX Week .
StanChart poaches Deutsche FX options head in Asia
Standard Chartered has hired Will Shropshire in a dual capacity as head of foreign exchange options trading, Asia and global head of forex investor products in Singapore.
Banks draw up EU25 battle plans for FX
Far-sighted banks and brokers are drawing up their foreign exchange battle plans for the Europe that will be enlarged by the ten new member states joining this weekend, reports RiskNews' sister publication FX Week .
Amrolia returns to Deutsche Bank
Zar Amrolia has returned to Deutsche Bank as global head of bank sales for foreign exchange and commodities.
Deutsche Bank reorganises credit derivatives business
Deutsche Bank will reorganise its securitised products group (SPG), the bank said yesterday. It will merge its collaterised debt obligation business with credit hybrid business within the SPG group.
Deutsche Bank shuffles Asian credit team
Deutsche Bank has signalled its intention to target China’s derivatives market with the appointment of the bank’s Singapore-based head of integrated credit trading, Feng Gao, as co-head of its global markets business in China.
Deutsche Bank snares Goldman option traders
Deutsche Bank has snared two interest rate options traders from rival investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Deutsche appoints two to head US structured credit
Deutsche Bank has appointed two co-heads of structured credit trading for North America, Kevin Bell and Ross Taylor, who will be based in the bank’s New York office.
Deutsche in FX drive
Deutsche Bank has named Gordon Wallace and Nitin Gulabani as co-heads of global foreign exchange trading.