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Calyon names head of credit trading
David Cohen has joined Calyon as global head of credit trading from Morgan Stanley, where he was head of European credit trading.
ABN Amro hires Murray to head European hedge fund sales
ABN Amro has hired Dean Murray in London as European head of hedge fund sales within in its derivatives solutions group. He has already left Bear Stearns, where he helped set up the equity flow sales desk.
Bear Stearns builds up forex presence in Hong Kong and New York
Bear Stearns has made senior appointments in Hong Kong and New York to increase its capabilities in foreign exchange derivatives and servicing hedge fund clients.
SG names Seyer as new chief of Lyxor
Société Générale has appointed Laurent Seyer as the new chief executive of its asset management arm Lyxor. He takes over from Eric Personne, who will join the alternative exotic trading desk in the French dealer’s corporate and investment banking…
Super or supergrass?
After the corporate scandals of 2002, new rules were established to ensure staff have the chance to report any wrongdoing. However, as Peter Madigan discovers, it may be that whistleblowing schemes are seen as a token gesture
Ferguson to run Swiss Re Americas
Roger Ferguson, who resigned as vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve in January, is to join Swiss Re as chairman of Swiss Re Americas.
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…