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BNP hires Docherty as global head of financial institutions advisory
BNP Paribas has today announced the appointment of Adrian Docherty as global head of financial institutions advisory within the investment bank’s fixed-income division.
BarCap appoints Sbai to consolidate aircraft financing
Barclays Capital has appointed Abdellah Sbai as director and head of aircraft finance, a newly created position based in London.
Deutsche appoints new global credit head in Asia
Deutsche Bank has appointed Sajid Javid as head of global credit trading in Asia excluding Japan.
Lehman Brothers' AIM president jumps ship for Credit Suisse
John Kremer, formerly president of Lehman Brothers Alternative Investment Management, has joined Credit Suisse as head of European institutional distribution for asset management activities. In this new role, Kremer will be responsible for relationship…
Bear Stearns poaches equity structurers from Deutsche
Bear Stearns has expanded its structured equity products team in Asia with three new hires in Hong Kong.
Russell hires Pritchett-Brown for European focus
Russell Investment Group has hired Benjamin Pritchett-Brown as head of European sales. Based in London, Pritchett-Brown is the first Russell associate dedicated solely to growing the US company’s index business in Europe.
Fortis' operational risk head becomes chief risk officer
Frédéric Matterne, Fortis' former head of operational risk, has become chief risk officer of Fortis Commercial and Private Banking.
Dark Pools, Clear Results
As the markets continue to fragment, firms are looking to algorithms to help them seek out dark pools of liquidity.
Berry leaves Société Générale for BarCap
David Berry is leaving his job as global head of commercial market data at French bank Société Générale for a post at Barclays Capital.
RiskBusiness appoints new executive director
RiskBusiness, the London-based operational risk advisory firm, has hired Rick Cech as chief executive for the Americas.
Schroders' head of group risk moves to BGI
David Ridgway, head of group risk at Schroders in London, will leave the firm in mid-October to take a new post with Barclays Global Investors.
ABN Amro hires leading marketers for New York
ABN Amro’s US efforts were turbocharged overnight this week firm announced it had brought in Incapital’s Charlie O’Flaherty and Brian Jones to co-head the New York-based structured products desk.
BancWare Gets Support for Sox
NEW YORK—SunGard last week released an updated version of its BancWare risk management platform that is intended to help comply with sections of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sox).
RBS snares alternative risk transfer head from Morgan Stanley
The Royal Bank of Scotland has recruited Eugene Dimitriou as head of alternative risk transfer, global banking and markets.