People
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
Tranche warfare
Many investors have taken a negative view on US subprime mortgages over the past year through credit default swaps. But with the US Congress putting pressure on servicers to modify the terms of loans to help borrowers avoid default, those trades might…
Against the grain
While UK and Danish pension funds have been frantically buying up long-dated government paper, German funds have begun to do the opposite. Gareth Gore talks to the country's largest scheme about its own portfolio revamp
Cross-border confusion
Basel II
The pipeline cleaner
Chris Whitman, group treasurer of Deutsche Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell about maintaining bank liquidity
Collateral crisis
Collateralised loan obligations
CESR announces final recommendations for Mifid Level 3
Consultation response positive for securities regulator
Tata launches unit covering AML
Indian giant launches AML service
Congress demands action on subprime regulation
Representatives target so-called "liar loans"
FSA deemed a world leader in financial regulation
GAO report heaps praise on UK regulator
Icap Electronic Broking appoints John Nixon as CEO
Interdealer broker Icap has appointed John Nixon as chief executive of its electronic broking division (IEB).
Merrill Lynch reorganises leadership
Gregory Fleming and Ahmass Fakahany, the two newly appointed co-presidents of Merrill Lynch, have begun their tenures by shaking up senior management beneath them.
EDF Trading hires Jasvinder Badyal as senior derivatives trader
EDF Trading, the wholesale energy trading subsidiary of EDF, has appointed Jasvinder Badyal as a senior derivatives trader in its structured derivatives and pricing group.
Deutsche Bank hires Miranda to push into EM prime broking
Deutsche Bank Securities has appointed Luciana Miranda as a managing director in the fixed-income prime brokerage group, within the bank's global markets division.
ABN Amro lists index products in Singapore, poaches from Calyon
ABN Amro will list a new range of equity-linked products on the Singapore Exchange on June 1, says Miles Ashton, head of sales for private investors products, Asia at ABN Amro.
FSF calls for action on hedge funds
FSF makes recommendations on hedge funds