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Lehman Brothers appoints global head of risk solutions
Jason Tilroe, head of the Europe-wide risk solutions group at Lehman Brothers, has been promoted to the newly created post of global head of risk solutions.
Axa adds two fixed-income managers
Axa Investment Managers has recruited two fixed-income portfolio managers for its UK team.
The Shape of things to come
Tetragon is one of a new breed of hedge funds trying their luck as a publicly traded company. Following its IPO in April, it hopes to bring its specialist brand of highly managed CLOs to a wider pool of equity investors. Dalia Fahmy speaks to the firm's…
Drowning in liquidity
Our fascination with liquidity tells us a lot about the psychology of the financial markets
The Big Interview - Tim Polglase
As a massive increase in covenant-lite loans sends jitters through the investor community, the head of leveraged finance at law firm Allen & Overy in London tells Nikki Marmery that cov-lite merely reflects a changing market dynamic
Legal Spotlight
Powers extended to the new pensions regulator in the UK may make it more difficult for some merger and buyout transactions to take place. Bob Buhr explains how credit investors may stand to gain
Issuer Focus - Network Rail
Network Rail's head of corporate finance, Samantha Pitt, talks to Nikki Marmery about the company's unique historical legacy, its plans to start issuing debt from its own balance sheet and its renewed focus on index-linked bonds
Allen Sinai
The president of Decision Economics in Boston has advised five US administrations on economic policy. He tells Dalia Fahmy why he's turned more bullish on the global economy
BNP names head of Gulf debt capital markets
BNP Paribas has named Mark Waters as head of debt capital markets for the Gulf region, a newly created post.
BNP Paribas takes Credit Suisse equity derivatives team
BNP Paribas has poached a three-strong equity derivatives sales team from Credit Suisse in Frankfurt.
SG adds to its European CDO team
Société Générale has recruited Peter Melichar as vice-president in charge of collateralised debt obligation origination and structuring, based in London.
Dresdner puts focus on public sector
Dresdner Kleinwort has named a new head of global public-sector activities, as part of a push into financing, derivatives and capital market work in the sector.
BNP Paribas adds two to strategic equity solutions
BNP Paribas has hired Christopher Loudon and Kimberlee Brody, as director and vice-president respectively, to its strategic equity solutions group within the bank’s equities and derivatives business in New York. Both report to Janet Kim, head of…
Sebton leaves Isda for JP Morgan
Emmanuelle Sebton, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s head of risk management, has left to join JP Morgan.
BGC names Sutton as head of US rate swaps
US interdealer broker BGC has promoted Rob Sutton, formerly head of trading at the broker's Sydney office, to global head of US dollar interest rate swaps, a newly created role.
Citi launches directors' fund with conviction
Citi’s Structured Products team launched, on June 29, its European Directors’ Insight Fund, the second sub-fund launched from its UCITS III fund platform, First Investment International Funds. The new fund is aimed at capturing the outperformance of…