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Merrill’s equities trading head joins Citi
Mike Pringle, Merrill Lynch’s former head of equities trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has joined Citi in the same role.
Misys names capital markets product head
Charles Smith has joined software manufacturer Misys as head of product management for the company's treasury and capital markets business.
Northern Rock appoints CRO
Troubled UK mortgage bank Northern Rock has appointed Rick Hunkin as its chief risk officer. He will join the company by September 1, 2008.
CFTC enforcement head returns to private sector
Gregory Mocek, head of the enforcement division at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has resigned to return to private practice.
Q&A: Regulator calls for greater insurance against liquidity risk
Arthur Angulo, senior vice-president of banking supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and co-chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Working Group on Liquidity, talks to Risk about recent initiatives to improve liquidity risk…
US mortgage lender closes doors after capital warning
Indymac Bancorp, one of the largest mortgage providers in the US, closed its doors to new business and announced deep job cuts yesterday, blaming the continuing crisis in the mortgage-backed securities market.
New credit heads at GFI
Credit derivatives brokerage GFI has named two new senior managers at its New York office.
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McCreevy vows to regulate credit rating agencies
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Rahul Sen to join BlackRock in Singapore
Rahul Sen, previously first vice-president of home loans risk management at Washington Mutual in Seattle, is moving to join asset manager BlackRock in Singapore.
New York Fed appoints Krieger to lead new credit risk management group
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has created a new payments policy and credit risk management group. The bank has appointed Sandra Krieger to lead it, and she will also become a member of the bank’s management committee.
JP Morgan hires in credit correlation
JP Morgan has hired Olivier Vigneron, former global head of structured credit risk management at BNP Paribas in London.
UniCredit snaps up TJ Lim and NewSmith credit advisory
UniCredit has bought London-based credit advisory NewSmith Financial Products (NSFP) and appointed chief executive TJ Lim as its new co-head of markets.
SEC moves to reduce reliance on credit ratings
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Markit appoints head of bespoke index service
London-based data provider Markit has hired Scott Stark as a director in its index division, leading a new bespoke index service.
Convertible arbitrage falls out of favour as market confidence falters
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Special situations strategy benefits from volatile economic conditions
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RBC expands structured products in Latin America
RBC Capital Markets has appointed Flavio Paparella as director and head of institutional structured products sales for Latin America, marking a further expansion for the bank in the region.