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UBS signs global data deal with Reuters
The investment banking arm of Switzerland’s UBS has signed a global deal with Reuters that will ensure its risk management systems receive market data in real time.
UBS takes 20% of active third-party CLS business with Saxo deal
UBS believes it has gained a 20% share of the third-party business conducted via the continuous-linked settlement (CLS) system. UBS said Denmark's Saxo Bank went live on the service today.
UBS hires forex strategist in London
Mark McFarland has joined the foreign exchange strategy team at UBS in London as a senior strategist, a spokesperson for the bank told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
UBS ousts Citi from top spot in forex
UBS is the best bank in foreign exchange, according to a poll of nearly 1,000 voters conducted by RiskNews sister publication FX Week .
UBS hires Latin American trading head
Ron Goldshmidt has joined UBS's fixed income, rates and currencies division at Stamford, Connecticut, in the newly created position of head of Latin American trading.
UBS adds to Taiwan equity risk management team
UBS has boosted its equity risk management team in Hong Kong with the appointment of Alex Chi as executive director.
JP Morgan Chase plans US power trading foray
JP Morgan Chase is establishing a New York-based electricity trading desk, joining a growing number of banks that have entered the sector in the past year.
BMA creates distressed debt committee
The Bond Market Association (BMA) has formed a new committee to deal with industry issues related to the trading of distressed debt. The move is aimed at creating a common set of trading protocols to facilitate the continued growth of the market –…
Barcap nabs Citigroup equity derivatives salesman
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has appointed Andrew Stonely from Citigroup as a director in equity derivatives sales. He will be responsible for developing the European equity derivatives flow business.
Barrier to entry
Bank of America and UBS are still trying to overcome obstacles that could prevent them entering physical power trading in the US. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations represent the biggest obstacle. Paul Lyon reports
Barcap hires director of corporate risk management from UBS
Barclays Capital has appointed Jonathan Shiff, a former director of fixed-income derivatives at UBS, as a director in its corporate risk management team in New York.
Japanese CJ50 index reaches ¥10 billion on first trading day
The CJ50 index that tracks the movement of Japan’s 50 most actively traded credit default swaps started trading today, with volume reaching beyond ¥10 billion ($83 million), according to BNP Paribas.
Fredrickson bows out as global head of rates at UBS
Tim Fredrickson has retired from UBS, where he headed the Swiss bank’s global interest rates business until the end of May.
Japanese credit spreads tighten, especially in electronics
The cost of credit protection on Japanese corporate debt tightened across the board this week, with spreads in the electronics sector particularly narrower, although volumes were thin.
UBS Warburg to join CJ 50 index
UBS Warburg has become the fifth credit derivatives dealer to contribute to the CJ 50 index, a joint venture product that tracks Japan's 50 most liquid credit default swaps.
More dealers sign up to new credit derivatives matching service
BNP Paribas, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs and UBS Warburg are the latest dealers to sign up to a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service, which the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch…
UBS signs up to Mark-it credit pricing service
UBS Warburg has become the latest bank to feed credit price information into UK-based Mark-it Partners' credit database. In return, it will receive quorum price information for cash and derivatives credit instruments based on information provided by a…
UBS: QIS3 results in increased capital, is not "fair"
UBS, the Switzerland-based financial institution, says its overall capital will increase under the Basel Accord revisions, as currently outlined in the third quantitative impact study (QIS3). In addition, other institutions have had the same results, the…
UBS Warburg hires structured products director in Hong Kong
UBS Warburg has hired Sheree Ma as a director in its structured products distribution group in Hong Kong. Ma was formerly a vice-president in JP Morgan Chase’s structuring and solutions group for Asia ex-Japan.
UBS Warburg’s Thomas to discuss next generation of CDO products at Risk Europe
UBS Warburg executive director for global credit derivatives, Alberto Thomas, will discuss the future of collateralised debt obligation (CDO) products during his address at Risk Europe on April 9.
UBS Warburg taps CDO structurers from JP Morgan Chase
UBS Warburg has recruited two senior collateralised debt obligation (CDO) structurers, Jeff Herlyn and Mike Rosenburg, from JP Morgan Chase.
Profile: Dresdner makes loss prevention a new priority
Operational risk management is a management programme, not just a modelling exercise, according to Jonathan Howitt, director of operational risk at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London.
UBS Warburg hires ex-Goldman prime brokerage head
Swiss investment bank UBS Warburg has hired Alex Ehrlich, the influential ex-head of Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage business, as its head of international hedge fund services.
Credit and credibility
Credit risk modellers have made giant strides, but they still have to convince regulators that they can make the world a safer place.