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JP Morgan hires 50 for commodities teams
JP Morgan has announced 50 new hires for its commodities teams, focusing on energy and environmental products.
Master conduit trio joined by Wachovia
Wachovia has joined Bank of America, Citi and JP Morgan in a plan aimed at restoring calm to the troubled structured investment vehicle (SIV) sector.
SGAM seizes opportunity from subprime turmoil
Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM) has become the latest fund manager to set up a strategy aimed at reaping the benefits of valuation discrepancies caused by the fallout from the US subprime mortgage market.
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What's happening at JP Morgan Chase?
Recently, many have come forward to ask me what is going on within JP Morgan Chase's risk management division. Over the past year, a number of people have left the operational risk team, both at the corporate and business unit levels. Risk executives in…
SocGen creates new regional e-commerce role
Société Générale has added to its fixed-income, currencies and commodities e-commerce team, hiring a new regional head.
Spike in equity volatility causes pain
A spike in equity volatility last month has caused anxiety among equity derivatives dealers, many of which were short volatility, and raised fears that a prolonged increase could generate hefty mark-to-market losses in equity derivatives trading books.
Liffe lists JP Morgan index future on Bclear
JP Morgan and London-based derivatives exchange Liffe are pairing to launch a bespoke index future on Liffe's Bclear platform on September 10.
Sebton leaves Isda for JP Morgan
Emmanuelle Sebton, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s head of risk management, has left to join JP Morgan.
JP Morgan designs emerging-market forex carry index
JP Morgan has created an index that seeks to exploit the carry trade in emerging-market currencies.
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Risk information: science or art?
Industry experts gathered for a roundtable discussion in New York at the end of May to debate the ways firms acquire and use information about risks. Moderated by Ellen Davis
Voldstad on the birth of DPCs
Connie Voldstad was head of JP Morgan's first dedicated swaps desk, established Merrill Lynch's AAA-rated derivatives product company, and was one of the six-strong team charged with winding down Long-Term Capital Management. His latest project is a new…
Barclays Capital hires head of fixed-income modelling
Pawel Lewicki has been appointed to Barclays Capital’s global quantitative analytics group as head of fixed-income modelling.
JP Morgan breaks up currencies and commodities group
JP Morgan is to separate its currencies and commodities businesses.
JP Morgan adds manager to quantitative strategy
JP Morgan has launched a new synthetic quantitative strategy that gives investors exposure to the cyclicality and momentum in the commodity markets. However, in a twist to those structured products whose payouts are dependent on rules-based, quantitative…
Deutsche Bank wins corporate derivatives rankings
Deutsche Bank has won this year’s Risk corporate end-user rankings, achieving the most votes overall among participating corporate clients globally. Citi and Barclays Capital came second and third, at a time of record merger and acquisition (M&A)…
Deutsche Bank wins corporate derivatives rankings
Deutsche Bank has won this year’s Risk corporate end-user rankings, achieving the most votes overall among participating corporate clients globally. Citi and Barclays Capital came second and third, at a time of record merger and acquisition (M&A)…
Exchange-traded credit derivatives disappoint
The world’s first exchange-traded credit derivatives, which were listed by Frankfurt-based Eurex on March 27, have posted lacklustre trading volumes, with only one major dealer making markets in them.
Profile: Joe Sabatini and the rules of engagement
The guiding principles of Basel II are now shrouded in mists of regulatory detail, says JP Morgan's Joe Sabatini. He tells Duncan Wood op risk managers must now look beyond mere compliance, and focus on adding value to their firms
Keeping pace with a changing industry
Welcome to the 'new look' OpRisk & Compliance magazine. As many of our long-time readers will know, OpRisk & Compliance has come a long way over the past few years – we are working hard to keep up with the rapid evolution of the disciplines of…
JP Morgan launches first public international longevity index
Investment bank JP Morgan yesterday launched the first publicly available international index to trade longevity risk, in a bid to lead the development of a derivatives market.
Resolving the confusion
Risk control self-assessments have become a Tower of Babel for the op risk discipline, with a variety of different approaches being taken. Ellen Davis reports
JP Morgan hires retail structured products head
JP Morgan is making changes within its equity derivatives division in Asia, as part of a global reorganisation of its derivatives sales force, to create a retail-focused cross-asset-class group.