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JP Morgan makes senior appointment in pensions advisory group
JP Morgan has announced the appointment of Kevin Carter as managing director and head of the investment bank’s pension advisory group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
JP Morgan signs Fitzpatrick for credit trading role
JP Morgan has announced that Stephen Fitzpatrick has been appointed vice-president in flow credit trading, responsible for the industrial sector.
JP Morgan Chase veteran Don Wilson to retire
Don Wilson, chief risk officer at JP Morgan Chase, will retire later this year. His replacement has not yet been named.
Sidenius joins JP Morgan credit modelling team
Jakob Sidenius has joined JP Morgan Chase in London as senior vice-president in credit quantitative research. Sidenius, who has written a number of technical papers on the pricing of collaterised debt obligations (See: All your hedges in one basket ),…
JP Morgan launches tradable iTraxx total return swaps
JP Morgan has today launched tradable iTraxx total return swaps (TRS) that will enable investors to have both long and short exposure risk in the European credit derivatives market.
Threadgold quits JP Morgan to run market risk at UBS
Andrew Threadgold, global head of market risk at JP Morgan Chase, has quit the US dealer to take on a similar role as global head of market risk at UBS.
Risk 's Derivatives and Risk Management Summit Europe 2006: Dealers may face new raft of CDO litigation
Banks and securities firms could be hit with a wave of new litigation as they are still not properly explaining to investors the full risks associated with collateralised debt obligation (CDO) investments, said speakers at Risk ’s Derivatives and Risk…
Risk 's Derivatives and Risk Management Summit Europe 2006: Dealers may face new raft of CDO litigation
Banks and securities firms could be hit with a wave of new litigation as they are still not properly explaining to investors the full risks associated with collateralised debt obligation (CDO) investments, said speakers at Risk ’s Derivatives and Risk…
Ex-Deutsche’s Raynes to head Citigroup’s structured credit division
Citigroup has appointed Michael Raynes as head of its global structured credit products division in New York. He joins from Deutsche Bank, where he spent six years, most recently as head of the global CDO group and co-head of the global securitised…
Eric Viet quits JP Morgan to launch pension buy-out fund
JP Morgan’s Eric Viet has quit his position as head of the US banking giant’s European pensions group, to set up a private equity buy-out fund based in London. He is joined by Amédée Levillain, who worked alongside him at JP Morgan.
Standard confirmation for preferred CDS hammered out
Eight dealers have agreed upon standard documentation for preferred credit default swap (CDS) transactions. The new standards will likely enhance liquidity of the nascent market.
CDS IndexCo and Markit launch synthetic US CMBS index
CDS IndexCo and Markit have launched CMBX, a range of synthetic credit default swap (CDS) indexes of US commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which will trade from today.
Fed gets a pasting over capital rules
WASHINGTON, DC – The new capital rules for non-Basel II banks in the US received a pasting in comments from firms and industry bodies posted on regulatory websites in late January.
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…
Corrie and Kyriakos-Saad latest to quit JP Morgan
John Corrie and Fawzi Kyriakos-Saad, who currently head equity and credit respectively at JP Morgan in London, have joined the mass exodus of investment banking staff that have left the bank in the past 12 months.
A Cleaner Act for Credit Derivatives
As credit volumes have increased, firms must grapple with price transparency and operational risk.
JP Morgan goes live on T-Zero
JP Morgan went live on T-Zero’s post-trade processing platform for credit derivatives on Monday. It is the first dealer to join the platform since Goldman Sachs initially used the technology after its trade with KBC Alternative Investment Management on…
BNP Paribas launches Hong Kong retail credit-linked note
BNP Paribas is today launching its first retail structured note for the Hong Kong market. The Paris-based bank will offer capital guarantees on the performance of the 'Elite Series 1' credit-linked notes, which are issued by BNP Paribas Retail Note…
Major dealers issue joint letter to Fed on credit derivatives
The New York Federal Reserve meeting with 14 major dealers on September 15 appears to have succeeded in coercing the industry into taking more concerted action to tackle the mounting problems in credit derivatives confirmation backlogs. Following the…
Isda’s ‘novation protocol’ aims to tackle derivatives backlogs
The world's major derivatives dealers have signed up to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s long-awaited ‘Novation Protocol’, which seeks to facilitate the transfer of existing trades to third parties.
MarketAxess launches CDS index trading platform
MarketAxess has launched a multi-dealer credit default swap (CDS) index trading service in London and New York. The New York-based company is targeting end-users to use the service.
JP Morgan joins Bloomberg SwapTrader
JP Morgan has become the latest investment bank to provide prices through SwapTrader, Bloomberg’s multi-dealer euro interest rate swap dealing platform for end-users launched in February, signalling a further move towards the electronic execution of…
JP Morgan offers clients collateral service
JP Morgan Chase has developed a collateral management service called JP Morgan CommanD.
JP Morgan boosts currency and commodities business
JP Morgan Chase has hired five vice-presidents for its global currency and commodities unit in London.