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Van Stappen joins as Equiduct as COO
Equiduct has appointed Willy Van Stappen as chief operating officer.
Dresdner poaches equity derivatives sales team from Wachovia
Dresdner Kleinwort has hired a team of equity derivatives sales staff from Wachovia to expand its US equity derivatives operation.
Dresdner hires head of distribution
Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has appointed Stefan Guetter as head of global distribution, replacing Garrett Curran, who has become head of global finance.
Russia opens up
Russia is moving ahead with Basel II implementation, with a new industry working group and new regulatory rules. Ellen Davis reports
Event horizon
Rick Cech takes a second look at what makes up operational risk event types, and asks if there is a more advanced way to define them
Dougan chosen to replace group chief at Credit Suisse
Brady Dougan, chief executive of Credit Suisse’s investment banking division, has been appointed successor to Oswald Grübel as the group’s chief executive. Grübel plans to retire at Credit Suisse’s annual general meeting on May 4.
Deutsche hires new wealth management head in Asia
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its wealth management heads in Singapore following the poaching of Ravi Raju from Citigroup’s wealth management arm.
Deutsche hires new wealth management head in Asia
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its wealth-management heads in Singapore, following the poaching of Ravi Raju from Citigroup’s wealth-management arm.
JP Morgan hires retail structured products head
JP Morgan is making changes within its equity derivatives division in Asia, as part of a global reorganisation of its derivatives sales force, to create a retail-focused cross-asset-class group.
Ixis AM promotes Masson to head of European sales
Ixis Asset Management Global Associates (Ixis AM) has made Sébastien Masson head of European sales. He will be responsible for managing the Paris-based Europe sales team, which covers Switzerland, Iberians, Skandies, Benelux and Austria. He will report…
JP Morgan hires retail structured products head
JP Morgan is making changes within its equity derivatives division in Asia, as part of a global reorganisation of its derivatives sales force, to create a retail-focused cross-asset-class group.
Barclays Capital hires head of emerging markets
UK investment bank Barclays Capital has appointed Nicholas Moreira as managing director and head of emerging markets equity derivatives trading. Based in London, Moreira will report to Dixit Joshi, head of equity derivatives.
F&C poaches hedge fund specialists from London & Capital
London-based asset manager F&C has hired a team of four hedge fund specialists to launch a fixed income hedge fund within its alternative investments division.
Susan Schmidt Bies resigns
Susan Schmidt Bies has resigned as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
BarCap names EM equity head
Barclays Capital has named Nicholas Moreira as head of emerging markets equity derivatives trading.
Barclays Wealth hires new head of FX
Barclays Wealth, the wealth management arm of Barclays, has appointed Mireia Sitjas-Montaner in the new position of head of foreign exchange for the investment and product office.
SunGard hires COO for Kiodex
US financial software vendor SunGard has appointed Ben Jackson as chief operating officer for Kiodex, its web-based risk management tool for commodities traders.
Citigroup reshuffles fixed-income group
Citigroup has reshuffled senior management in its fixed-income group, moving many outside the US in a recognition that future growth will depend on foreign markets.