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RBS names Capp as leveraged capital markets head
Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and Markets has named Eric Capp as head of leveraged capital markets for Europe and Asia.
Deutsche hires securitisation head for Asia ex-Japan
Gregory Park has joined Deutsche Bank as the Hong Kong-based managing director and head of securitisation for Asia excluding Japan.
BarCap names corporate risk chief
Christopher Rees has joined Barclays Capital as head of corporate risk advisory for Scandinavia, Benelux and Switzerland, a newly created post.
Rabobank in derivatives management reshuffle
Netherlands-based Rabobank International has announced a number of key management changes in its global equity and fund derivatives business.
Lehman Brothers takes financial officer from Deutsche Bank
Andrew Wright, global chief financial officer for Deutsche Bank’s private client and asset management division, as well as regional CFO for continental Europe, is to move to Lehman Brothers.
Rabobank names fund and equity derivatives heads
Rabobank has appointed a new team to manage its global equity and fund derivatives business.
ABN Amro names German fixed-income capital markets head
ABN Amro has named Richard Zirps head of fixed-income group capital markets for Austria and Germany.
GFI promotes two new European heads
New York-based interdealer broker GFI has appointed Julian Swain as head of its London operations, replacing Steve McMillan, who has left the company.
RBS hires head of financial institutions securitisation
Lee Rochford has been taken on by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as a managing director within its financial institutions securitisation team.
Bear Stearns appoints co-head of prime brokerage for expansion
New York-based bank Bear Stearns has promoted Leonard Feder to co-head of prime brokerage to work with Louis Lebedin, who was appointed co-head in June last year.
Under the yoke
The Reserve Bank of India released its long-awaited draft derivatives regulations in early December. But far from opening the market up to a wider universe of products, dealers complain the derivatives market has been reined back in.
Point Carbon survey shows EU ETS ‘significantly’ reducing emissions
Global carbon markets in 2006 saw transactions of 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) worth €22.5 billion, according to environmental market analyst and information provider Point Carbon, who has just completed a survey of the carbon…
CQS to launch Asian volatility fund
CQS, the London-based hedge fund manager with €4.5 billion under management, is preparing to launch the CQS Asia Fund. The fund, to be managed by Jean-Christophe Blanc, will go live in the coming weeks. CQS is seeking to raise $250-$350 million, and will…