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Byers leaves UBS for Calyon structured credit role
Paul Byers has joined Calyon as head of structured credit sales for Europe and the Middle East in London. He joins after 13 years working for UBS, where he was most recently responsible for structured credit sales in the German and Austrian markets.
SuperDerivatives recruits online trading head from Credit Suisse
London-based option trading software provider SuperDerivatives has named Moshe Feintuch as head of its new online trading division.
Deutsche Bank adds two to pensions group
Deutsche Bank has added two actuaries to its European insurance and pensions group in London. Paul Stanworth has moved from Royal Bank of Scotland, where he was head of insurance asset and liability management; while Norman Peard is moving from the…
Dresdner Bank names European derivatives sales head
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein has named Marc Michallet as head of its European financial solutions group, based in London.
European Parliament approves modified draft for Mifid
The European Parliament has voted in favour of the resolution of the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs that approves the most recent draft implementation measures for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid).
Lipton joins Merrill Lynch to head real estate analytics
Alexander Lipton has joined Merrill Lynch as global head of credit, real estate, structured products analytics.
China Construction Bank makes top-level appointments
China Construction Bank has appointed Pang Xiusheng as chief financial officer and Zhu Xiaohuang as chief risk officer. The two new positions are part of a major revamp of the bank’s risk management structure, and both will take up their posts…
ABN Amro names new head of Asian derivatives
ABN Amro has named Muse Kwong as its new head of Asian derivatives.
Deutsche Bank recruits head of north Asian institutional clients
Deutsche Bank has hired Shen Yan as head of its institutional client group for north Asia and head of credit sales for Asia.
Deutsche Bank names Lippmann head of ABS trading
Deutsche Bank has appointed Greg Lippmann, already head of collateralised debt obligation (CDO) trading, as global head of trading and syndicate in asset-backed securities (ABS).
Caruana to join the IMF
Jaime Caruana, the current chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the governor of the Bank of Spain, has been appointed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as counsellor and director of the new financial, capital and…
McDonnell to head DB convertible bond trading
Deutsche Bank has named Andy McDonnell as global head of convertible bond trading.
Pay rises for risk managers, says report
Compensation for risk management professionals working in asset management firms grew 18% in 2005, with salaries rising 5.5% and bonuses up 20-30% on average, according to a study by US-based recruitment firm Risk Talent Associates.
Jorion joins Paamco
California-based Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (Paamco) has hired Philippe Jorion as a director in its risk management group.
Caruana to join IMF
Jaime Caruana, chairman of the Basel Committee and head of the Bank of Spain until July 1, is to head a new department covering financial, capital market and monetary affairs at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. The appointment begins…