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JP Morgan Chase veteran Don Wilson to retire
Don Wilson, chief risk officer at JP Morgan Chase, will retire later this year. His replacement has not yet been named.
SuperDerivatives names corporate development chief
SuperDerivatives has recruited Edward Crouch as global head of corporate development and strategy, in charge of overseeing the company's expansion.
ICBC Asia to use Fernbach Software to comply with IFRS
Industrial and Commercial Bank China (ICBC) Asia has purchased Fernbach Software’s FlexFinance software to fulfil the bank’s international financial reporting standards (IFRS) requirements.
Blyth returns to Harvard after stint at Deutsche Bank
Stephen Blyth has resigned as London-based head of global rates proprietary trading at Deutsche Bank to take up a senior role at Harvard Management Company (HMC).
Hong Kong’s SFC makes senior appointments
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has promoted Keith Lui to the position of executive director, supervision of markets. Lui, who has worked for the SFC for 14 years, began his three-year term as executive director on August 28, and will…
IG names finance director
UK spread betting pioneer IG has named Steve Clutton as its new finance director.
Sidenius joins JP Morgan credit modelling team
Jakob Sidenius has joined JP Morgan Chase in London as senior vice-president in credit quantitative research. Sidenius, who has written a number of technical papers on the pricing of collaterised debt obligations (See: All your hedges in one basket ),…
Northern Trust hires Andress to run derivatives operations
Chicago-based Northern Trust has recruited Stephen Andress as its global head of derivatives operations to run its back-office derivatives processing infrastructure.
Wachovia hires two in forex sales from StanChart
Wachovia has poached two forex sales personnel from Standard Chartered in Singapore and Hong Kong, as it continues to increase its presence in Asia.
Moore Capital hires Schachter as head of risk management
Moore Capital has hired Barry Schachter as its director of quantitative resources, according to parties familiar with the hire. Schachter, who joined the US hedge fund in mid-June, will head its risk management, trade group analysis and financial…