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Deutsche poaches JP Morgan private bankers in Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (PWM) has hired six senior private bankers from JP Morgan Private Bank in Hong Kong.
Geiger leaves Deutsche Börse Index for Vontobel
Heiko Geiger has left Deutsche Börse Index, where he was head of sales and marketing, to join Bank Vontobel in Frankfurt. Geiger will be responsible for public distribution of retail structured products in Germany for Vontobel, reporting to Georg von…
StanChart reshuffles Asia FX, rates and commodities
Standard Chartered has made senior appointments in Manila and Singapore in commodities, foreign exchange and interest rates.
Noble Group's risk head relocates to Hong Kong
Global commodity supply chain manager Noble Group will move group risk manager Nick Brewer to its head office in Hong Kong in March.
Perpetual boosts platform and structured products business
Perpetual has promoted Matt Pacino as deputy chief operating officer and Matthew McKinnon to the new role of general manager, platform and structured products sales to enhance its structured products offerings in Australia.
Deutsche moves global head of equity trading to Asia
Noreddine Sebti, Deutsche Bank’s global head of equity trading, will relocate to Hong Kong from New York to head the firm’s equities business in Asia.
JP Morgan's Asia head of energy trading moves to London
Alf Salti will leave his position as Asia head of energy trading at JP Morgan in Singapore in April to move to London as global head of fuel oil trading.
E*Trade names Layton CEO
Electronic brokerage E*Trade has appointed Donald Layton as its chief executive officer.
UBS names Asia head of exchange-traded commodity derivatives
Terence Noe has relocated from UBS in London to Singapore in the newly created post of Asia-Pacific head of exchange-traded commodity derivatives.
Hedge fund industry performance comes under pressure from market events
research: cluster analysis
Waiting in the wings
The long-mooted inclusion of the aviation sector in the European Union's emissions trading scheme is finally on the radar screen. Roderick Bruce discovers whether stakeholders are ready for take off
Peter Terium
Peter Terium, CEO of newly created RWE Supply & Trading, tells Roderick Bruce why he is the right man to lead the integrated business forward.
A changing carbon market climate
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme is stepping up a notch with a batch of new measures for its Third Phase. Andrew Holt finds out what carbon market participants think of the new proposals
Northern Rock nationalisation positive for bondholders
Holders of bonds issued by the Granite master trust will benefit from government ownership although questions remain over the vehicle's long-term future
A clearer picture
Fraud has gone to the top of the postmortem on the US subprime debacle. To detect and prevent it, more information at the loan level is needed, and the standardisation of data would also help investors in mortgage-backed securities make better decisions,…
Pimco's head of MBS sees upside in illiquid markets
Value to be found in private label mortgage securities where liquidity premiums greatest, says key investor