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This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the inception of legendary proprietary derivatives trading company O'Connor & Associates. Jayne Jung talks to Michael Greenbaum, one of the founders, and some of the early partners
S&P president departs as criticism of rating agencies continues
Kathleen Corbet, the president of rating agency Standard & Poor's, has resigned.
RBS adds Nordea trio in financing and risk solutions
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has added three staff from Stockholm-based Nordea to its financing and risk solutions team.
Layoffs at RBS herald tough times for CDO bankers
Royal Bank of Scotland has laid off a quarter of its New York collateralised debt obligation team, following the departure of Rick Caplan, the bank's co-head of CDOs, earlier this month, in what could be the first of a wave of cuts in the structured…
SEC names market surveillance chief
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed Mark Lineberry as head of its office of market surveillance.
Rothwell departs BarCap for JP Morgan
Giles Rothwell will join JP Morgan as global head of structured investments distributor marketing in November, leaving a similar position at Barclays Capital, where he has spent the past 11 years.
Two new hires at BNP London
BNP Paribas has added another researcher to its credit team, and has recruited a risk adviser for its corporate fixed-income group.
Bear Stearns names head of European fixed income
Yves Leysen has taken over as sole head of fixed income for Bear Stearns in Europe, after the departure of John Moore.
CESR publishes responses to the rating of structure finance instruments
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Deutsche Bank promotes head of FX structuring for Asia-Pacific
Deutsche Bank’s Ray Franzi is moving to Singapore to become head of global finance and foreign exchange structuring for the Asia-Pacific region. Franzi, who was a London-based director in the global FX structuring business, will be responsible for…
Bear Stearns recruits credit derivatives staff
Bear Stearns has made a number of credit derivatives hires in London.
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Deutsche poaches Grenfell from Macquarie as Asia commodities head
Simon Grenfell has left his position as a global co-head of the commodity markets division at Macquarie Bank in London to join Deutsche Bank in Singapore as head of commodities for Asia.
Greenspan joins Deutsche Bank
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has joined Deutsche Bank's investment banking division as a senior adviser.
BNP Paribas adds in EM structuring
BNP Paribas has appointed Vlad Galea as head of Emerging Markets structuring in Europe, within Fixed Income’s Institutional Client Group (ICG). The role incorporates all structuring, with Galea reporting to Kara Lemont, European head of FX and Interest…
Rothwell departs Barcap for JP Morgan
Giles Rothwell will join JP Morgan as global head of Structured Investments Distributor Marketing in November, leaving a similar position at Barclays Capital, where he has spent the last 11 years. At JP Morgan, Rothwell will head up a business previously…