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Deutsche Bank and others face off with Esma over Mifid II
Banks say no to showing profit margins on structured products
China FX option reform to improve corporate risk management
Change in regulations will allow corporates to sell forex options
RBS structured products head joins BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas recruits von Gunten from RBS as head of client strategy
Deutsche Bank hires Banque de France’s Matherat
Central banker takes on top regulatory job at German bank
India-focused hedge funds up 17% on Modi election victory
US funds expected to start investing heavily into Indian markets
HSBC names new head of markets for Europe
Move is part of a continuing reshuffle of top brass in HSBC's markets business
German banks add estimated values to PIBs
HSBC Trinkaus goes it alone with the provision of daily estimates
Key man risk avoidable for hedge funds
Yet succession planning remains last-minute afterthought
OpRisk North America: Op risk lags credit and market risk
Op risk disconnect from business, conference hears
BlackRock hires Zhu as head of China equities, and other recent job moves
Zhu moves from Goldman Sachs where she was a China equity strategist
RMB volatility slows corporate hedging activity
Demand for structured forwards down by 80% as corporates wait for currency to stabilise, dealers say
Groothaert exits UBS structured products role
UBS parts company with former LFG chief executive
Westpac appoints two in Hong Kong, and other recent job moves
Steven Yu and Alex Tam join Australian bank
SocGen and JP Morgan earn top billing in retail rankings
Barclays, BNP Paribas and HSBC also score well in Europe and US distributors survey
First stage of IRHP redress complete
FCA-ordered review finds 18,737 'non-sophisticated customers' sold hedges, most against the rules; payout could reach £2.67 billion
Bank of England to lay off up to 100 staff, and other recent job news
Changing hats – March 2014
Regatta to launch US structured product ‘portfolio’
Ex-lawyer turned financial adviser, author and advocate for the industry, Regatta’s Eric Greschner talks to Yakob Peterseil about the inroads structured products have made in the US, the work he is doing and what remains to be done to boost the…
HSBC deregisters Asian arm as a swap dealer due to lack of US person trades
Unlikely that any Japan or Australia banks will follow suit
HSBC, RBS and SG to offer delegated reporting
The trio join five other banks in offering to report clients' trades to a trade repository on their behalf
Risk awards 2014: HSBC wins top house
The UK bank wins for the growing ambition of its OTC capabilities, as Risk publishes its fifteenth annual awards
Credit portfolio manager of the year: HSBC
HSBC has attempted to improve the accuracy of its credit portfolio economic capital forecasting by extending its model beyond a one-year horizon
Deal of the year: Arqiva/HSBC
Deal of the year: Arqiva/HSBC
Derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Derivatives house of the year: HSBC
People: Brevan Howard hires HSBC’s forex derivatives chief
Vincent Craignou moves to Brevan Howard, Gavin Wells takes responsibility for CDSClear, and Thomas Poppensieker takes Deutsche risk role