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ABN Amro names new head of Asian derivatives
ABN Amro has named Muse Kwong as its new head of Asian derivatives.
Ritter to head credit operations at Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has appointed Mark Ritter as chief operating officer of its global credit trading arm. The move, effective immediately, comes one year after his high-profile move from UBS, when he joined Deutsche as global head of commodities.
Dealers move to tackle equity derivatives operational issues
Equity derivatives dealers are holding discussions on how to deal with operational issues facing their market, with 17 leading banks meeting at the London offices of UBS yesterday to discuss the matter. This was the first meeting of the Equity…
SunGard to offer UBS algorithmic trading
Software provider SunGard will offer its customers access to Swiss delaer UBS' algorithmic trading product from today.
Exchange Risk and Reputation
Lightning, it is said, will only strike twice in the same place if it is induced to do so. Strange forces, then, must inhabit the Ohtemachi First Square Building, whose residents have fallen victim to yet another bolt from the blue.
Copper scandal prompts SRB to ban trading
China is to ban units within its State Reserves Bureau (SRB) from trading in equity, foreign exchange, corporate bonds and derivatives, according to newswire reports in Beijing.
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.
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…
Deutsche snares top UBS energy structurer
Deutsche Bank has hired Louise Kitchen as global head of commodities structuring and marketing, based in New York.
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.
iTraxx credit-linked notes launched
International Index Company, the Frankfurt-based firm that administers the European and Asian iTraxx credit derivative indexes, has launched three five-year iTraxx credit-linked notes.
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…
Credit managers hope for new accounting blueprint
Mark-to-market accounting has frustrated credit portfolio managers at the largest international banks. It’s made their loan books more volatile and their derivatives hedges less efficient. But accounting standards setters may be ready to review the rules…
Société Générale snares Geys
Société Générale has appointed Raphaël Geys as head of European fixed-income sales for financial institutions in London.
DrKW appoints global head of FX derivatives
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has hired Tim Carrington as its new global head of foreign exchange derivatives.
The Risk Awards 2005
Risk’s sixth annual awards highlight the institutions and individuals that have surpassed expectations in highly challenging and competitive markets, as well as recognising the achievements of a broader range of end-users of derivatives.
GFI announces Fenics link with UBS
GFI Group, the New York-based inter-dealer brokerage and software company, has made a deal with Swiss investment bank UBS, to link its currency options software with the bank’s screen-trading system.
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.
CME hires ex-UBS executive
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has appointed Michael Kobida as director of financial management at the CME Clearing House for futures contracts, reports RiskNews' sister publication, Dealng With Technology .
Merrill makes additions to EMEA equity-linked group
Merrill Lynch has made a number of appointments to its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) equity-linked group in London. All will report directly or indirectly to Harry Lengsfield, head of EMEA global markets.
Aligning Basel II operational risk and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 projects
While SOX 404 and Basel II create different challenges for operational risk managers, Nick Bolton and Judson Berkey suggest there is real value in combining the efforts.
Orc customers to gain access to Citi’s trading platform
Orc Software, the Stockholm-based technology vendor that supplies systems for market-making, trading and brokerage, has signed an agreement with Citigroup to allow all its existing customers to access the Citibank automated trading platform (Cats-OS)…
An Exceptional Challenge
Zapping bad trades or just knowing about them when they occur is a high priority at UBS Investment Bank.