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SEC fills commissioner positions
Troy Paredes and Luis Aguilar have joined the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as commissioners.
RBS’s Hickey to chair European Securitisation Forum
Mark Hickey, head of financial institutions debt capital markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has been elected vice-chair of the European Securitisation Forum (ESF) for 2008, and as chair for 2009.
Commission out with two rating agency consultation papers
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Russian gas fund sees challenges with outstanding opportunities
Russia's privatisation of its energy sector is throwing up some good prospects as well as challenges for Pharos Financial. Jamie Wynn-Williams talks to the investment company about how it has found ways to take advantage of the opportunities in the…
BNP Paribas Private Bank links to create Anglo-Dutch wealth manager
BNP Paribas Private Bank (BNP PPB) and Insinger de Beaufort Holdings have concluded a strategic partnership which will see BNP acquire, for €60 million, a 35% interest in Insinger de Beaufort Holding. In parallel, BNP PPB will combine Nachenius Tjeenk,…
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The president of Shell Energy NorthAmerica and head of Shell EnergyTrading explains to Roderick Bruce whyhe has known since childhood that hewanted to work in oil
Profile: Dow Chemical - Chemical reaction
Dow Chemical, the largest commercial consumer of energy in the US, is trying to formulate a response to soaring annual energy costs of $32 billion, while meeting environmental targets. Roderick Bruce examines the company's energy strategies
A time to trade?
The launch of CERs futures on Indian exchanges is breathing new life into CDM projects in India. Speculators have entered the market and are creating liquidity in CERs and, as a result, more carbon-financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursiere