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Walter to run Basel Committee secretariat
Federal Bank of New York senior vice-president for banking supervision, Stefan Walter, is due to take over the role of secretary general for the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel,…
SwapsWire expands technology team
UK electronic confirmation service SwapsWire has recruited a new chief technology officer (CTO) and added four more staff to its technical team.
Merrill Lynch hires Pringle in revamp of derivatives team
Merrill Lynch has appointed Michael Pringle as managing director and head of flow derivatives and equity risk in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea).
The weight of true institutional firepower...applied with a deft touch
Russell Investment Group runs more than $5bn in its funds of hedge funds, making it quite a hefty hitter in the FoHF universe, writes Solomon Teague. However, as Alex Trichot explains, size has not stopped the group from diverging from its peers on some…
Taking good care of investors' money
CARE Capital Group's CARE Offshore fund of hedge funds has produced 14.55% net annualised returns since inception. David Walker found out how
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Risk Management
Gary King
Gary King, chief executive of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange, talks to Stella Farrington about his hopes for energy trading in the Middle East
Vladislav Soloviov, chief financial officer, RUSAL
Born in 1973, Vladislav Soloviov, is the chief financial officer at Russian aluminium giant RUSAL. Before joining RUSAL he held key roles in The Russian Federation's Ministry of Taxes and Dues
Petter Kapstad, head of risk management, Statoil
Petter Kapstad is head of risk management at Statoil, Norway's largest oil company. In 1997, Kapstad helped to steer Statoil through the implementation of a groundbreaking enterprise-wide risk management (EWRM) programme
Paul de Fries, group risk manager, Noble Group
Paul de Fries is group risk manager of Noble Group. He began his career at the IPE, was a derivatives trader with Hull, and later joined ING Bank. He was head trader at Macquarie Bank before joining Noble in 2001
David Davies, chief financial officer, OMV
David Davies has been the chief financial officer at Austrian oil and gas group OMV since April 2002. A trained chartered accountant, Davies has held senior financial roles in companies that span a variety of industry sectors, including chemicals,…
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997