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RBS appoints credit derivatives structurer
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Marc Freydefont as senior credit derivatives structurer.
RBS names Capp as leveraged capital markets head
Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and Markets has named Eric Capp as head of leveraged capital markets for Europe and Asia.
RBS hires head of financial institutions securitisation
Lee Rochford has been taken on by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as a managing director within its financial institutions securitisation team.
RBS hires European ABS & CDO sales head
Steven Hulett has been appointed to the new position of European head of debt markets asset-backed security and collateralised debt obligation sales at Royal Bank of Scotland.
New head of debt market sales at RBS Securities
Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking & Markets has named Shoji Taniguchi as head of debt market sales for RBS Securities Japan.
RBS builds e-commerce team
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has made a series of hires in its e-commerce division.
RBS appoints emerging market rate head
The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Stephen Laughton to the new position of head of global emerging-market interest rate options and exotics.
RBS snares alternative risk transfer head from Morgan Stanley
The Royal Bank of Scotland has recruited Eugene Dimitriou as head of alternative risk transfer, global banking and markets.
RBS shuffles leveraged finance team
The Royal Bank of Scotland has made two personnel changes to its leveraged finance business.
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 ),…
RBS debuts trading of electronic inflation swaps
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has launched electronic inflation swap trading within its single-dealer portal on Bloomberg.
RBS appoints COO for Asia-Pacific
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Mike Kirby as chief operating officer for Asia-Pacific within its global banking and markets (GBM) business.
RBS extends electronic rates swaps to Asia
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has extended the trading hours of electronic trading of US dollar interest rate swaps on Bloomberg to include Asian business hours.
RBS axes up to 60 jobs in rates and forex
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) yesterday eliminated up to 60 positions in its global banking and markets business. Most of the redundancies were made in the rates business, although some came in foreign exchange. Trading, research, sales and ecommerce…
RBS establishes Japanese equity derivatives business in Tokyo
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has launched a Japanese equity derivatives business within RBS Securities Japan, its wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo, the bank said in a statement.
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.
RBS makes high-yield appointment
Royal Bank of Scotland has hired Kevin Connell as vice-president in its high yield capital markets group in London. He will be involved in both corporate and sponsor-related high yield transactions, in which he will provide origination and execution…
RBS names new head of Asian futures
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has named Chin Leng Woon as its new head of futures for Asia at its Singapore office.
Questioning the numbers
Model risk has become a key focus for financial institutions. But how do dealers ensure their models are implemented correctly and that they accurately reflect the risks an institution is running? By Laurence Neville
RBS Greenwich Capital poaches McGeehnan for its FX sales team
Royal Bank of Scotland Greenwich Capital has hired Jimmy McGeehnan to bolster its foreign exchange presence among key hedge fund and asset manager clients.
Dealers boost online emerging market forex options services
Bank of America and Citigroup are among the latest in a series of banks building up online capabilities for emerging market currency options, as the market for the products continues to expand.
Calyon hires Quek to run Singapore office
Calyon has hired Winston Quek as its local capital markets manager in Singapore.
Five market-makers back CME eurozone inflation futures
Barclays Capital, Ixis Corporate and Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers, Nomura International and the Royal Bank of Scotland have all agreed to become market-makers for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) new eurozone inflation futures contract. The…
RBS raids Shinsei to establish leveraged finance business in Tokyo
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has poached an eight-strong team from Shinsei Bank in Tokyo to extend its leveraged finance business into Asia.