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RBS makes senior rates hire
Royal Bank of Scotland’s financial markets division has appointed Chris Fleming as head of rates flow and liquid products sales.
RBS appoints head of inflation trading
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Chris Thomas as head of sterling inflation trading and deputy head of its inflation trading business.
RBS hires head of high yield trading
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Brent Eastburg as head of high yield trading in its capital markets unit.
Market Axess and DTCC team up to offer CDS index trading system
Electronic bond trading platform company MarketAxess has teamed up with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) and 11 global dealers to create an electronic client-to-dealer trading platform for credit default swap (CDS) indexes. The CDS…
BGI hires in fixed income ahead of hedge fund launch
Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the San Francisco-based asset management arm of Barclays Bank, has made four hires in its fixed-income department in anticipation of the launch of new long/short fixed-income products fund.
RBS hires five in derivatives sales team
RBS Greenwich Capital, the Connecticut-based fixed income business of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has made five new hires for its North American financial institutions and corporate sales teams.
Banks leapfrog the rating agencies
European banks are cutting rating agencies down to size with a new loan data pooling initiative. Dutch bank NIB is leading the initiative. By Nicholas Dunbar
Derivatives dealers focus on mid-caps
Derivatives dealers are focusing more on mid-cap corporates this year as an alternative to the arguably over-banked blue chip companies, say some market participants.
Bloomberg and TradeWeb enter multi-dealer electronic swaps trading fray
Competition in dealer-client electronic euro swaps trading is heating up with the launch of two new 'request-for-quote' (RFQ) multi-dealer interest rates swaps platforms in quick succession.
RBS to offer interest rate swap trading through Bloomberg
Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) London-based Financial Markets division has expanded its Bloomberg Electronic Trading offering by adding euro interest rate swaps.
RBS boosts equity derivatives sales team
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Andy Savill as an equity derivatives sales manager for the UK and Ireland.
RBS hires head of US dollar options trading
RBS Greenwich Capital has appointed Michael Lyublinsky as global head of US dollar option trading in its interest rates division.
Deutsche Bank hires MBS group heads
Deutsche Bank has hired Neil Ahuja and John Roach as head of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and mortgage derivatives trading, respectively.
RBS offers freight derivatives
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has started offering shipping derivatives, in the form of forward freight agreements (FFAs) linked to the transport costs of bulk commodities to its client base.
Eaton named head of RBS risk financing and repackaging
Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Scott Eaton as head of risk management and repackaging in its capital markets business.
Royal Bank of Scotland appoints e-commerce business developer
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has transferred Clive Standish to its New York office as vice-president and e-commerce business developer, within the North America financial markets team.
Bank of America strengthens its European debt platform
Bank of America has made a number of appointments to its European debt team in London.
Gupta to co-head credit trading at RBS
Sanjeev Gupta, formerly a managing director for credit derivatives at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), has come out of retirement to help spearhead the build-up of Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) integrated credit business in the US.
RBS expands global derivatives team
The Royal Bank of Scotland has made several new appointments within its derivatives trading and marketing business.
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 .
RBS recruits Tokyo prop forex trader
UK-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has recruited Luke Waddington as a proprietary foreign exchange trader to work in its Tokyo office.
RBS expands interbank forex sales team
The Royal Bank of Scotland has expanded its interbank foreign exchange sales business, adding desks in New York and Asia to complement its existing London-based team.
RBS leading UK forex race
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) reported a 24% increase in foreign exchange revenues for 2003, the largest year-on-year rise among UK banks reporting their results last week, reports Risk’s sister publication, FX Week .
RBS nabs securitisation head from Merrill Lynch
Vincent Dahinden, former head of corporate securitisation and collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) at Merrill Lynch in London, has joined Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).