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Ritter to head credit operations at Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has appointed Mark Ritter as chief operating officer of its global credit trading arm. The move, effective immediately, comes one year after his high-profile move from UBS, when he joined Deutsche as global head of commodities.
BarCap strengthens FX in Singapore and Tokyo
Barclays Capital has added more senior personnel to its foreign exchange teams in Singapore and Tokyo.
In the frame
Seven of the industry's top op risk executives debated framework implementation at a recent roundtable discussion in New York, moderated by Ellen Davis and sponsored by enterprise-wide risk solution firm FRS
Markit acquires derivatives trading technology provider
Markit Group, the UK-based pricing, valuation and data provider, has acquired Communicator, a technology provider of automated solutions for the processing of over-the-counter derivatives, secure real-time communications, and compliance and counterparty…
BNP Paribas hires in equity finance sales
BNP Paribas has hired Richard Sansaricq as a managing director and head of equity finance sales in its equities and derivatives division in New York.
Nymex moves into Singapore
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will open an office in Singapore on May 17 in response to demand for its products from investors in the region.
Deutsche Bank hires equity derivatives sales head in New York
Cory Carlesimo has joined Deutsche Bank's global markets institutional client group in New York.
BNP Paribas hires Sansaricq
BNP Paribas has hired Richard Sansaricq as a managing director and head of equity finance sales in its equities and derivatives division in New York. He will initially report to Todd Steinberg, head of equities and derivatives for the Americas at the…
BNP Paribas boosts London derivatives teams
BNP Paribas has announced two new senior appointments to its derivatives teams in London.
CONFERENCE NEWS: CFTC commissioner dismisses over prescriptive regulation
Sharon Brown-Hruska, commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, yesterday called for regulators to dismiss their "overly prescriptive attitude to regulation" and "draconian practices" to aid the development of the structured products…
Crossing the Border
The push for MiFID may drive cross-border consolidation in Europe.
Gladwin leaves Barclays for Lehman forex role
Richard Gladwin, head of currency derivatives at Barclays Capital, has left the bank to join Lehman Brothers. Gladwin is expected to be named the US bank’s new global head of foreign exchange sales in London, although a Lehman spokesman would not confirm…