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SG CIB appoints global head of export finance
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) has appointed Denis Stas de Richelle as global head of export finance. He has replaced Frédéric Genet, who has become senior banker within the corporates, institutions and advisory division.
Derivative Fitch appoints New York head
Richard Hrvatin has joined Derivative Fitch's quantitative structured credit innovation (Q-SCI) team to head the New York arm of the group.
Standard Bank names new commodities trading head
Arvind Hariharan has joined Standard Bank as global head of the bank’s commodities hybrids and structured derivatives trading team.
Monster.com data theft “worse than predicted”
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Critics dismiss calls for global financial regulation
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Fortis names new Belgium chief executive
Fortis Investments has appointed Olivier Lafont as chief executive for Belgium.
Putnam and Lefebvre leave NYSE Euronext
Two senior executives have left NYSE Euronext as the company continues its post-merger shakeout.
Sachsen LB board overhauled
In the wake of a takeover agreement with Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, the chairman of Sachsen LB's board of directors, Herbert Süß, has resigned effective from September 15 2007.
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