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Citigroup hires Browning as head of forex
Citigroup has hired Marcus Browning, formerly head of forex options at Merrill Lynch, as its first global head of forex trading.
Compromising on Basel II
As US banking regulators debate how much of the spirit of Basel II should be applied to small and medium-sized financial institutions, the banks themselves are stuck in no-man's land. Will 'Basel 1A' bring more certainty or more argument? John Ferry…
Exchange Risk and Reputation
Lightning, it is said, will only strike twice in the same place if it is induced to do so. Strange forces, then, must inhabit the Ohtemachi First Square Building, whose residents have fallen victim to yet another bolt from the blue.
Travelex bolsters US risk solutions unit
Foreign exchange specialist Travelex has boosted its US risk solutions group with two new hires and two internal transfers.
GFI takes on Refco Paris brokers
US broker GFI has named three former Refco brokers to head its new Paris office.
Corrie and Kyriakos-Saad latest to quit JP Morgan
John Corrie and Fawzi Kyriakos-Saad, who currently head equity and credit respectively at JP Morgan in London, have joined the mass exodus of investment banking staff that have left the bank in the past 12 months.
Questioning the numbers
Model risk has become a key focus for financial institutions. But how do dealers ensure their models are implemented correctly and that they accurately reflect the risks an institution is running? By Laurence Neville
The power of association
An increasing number of industry professionals are hankering after a trade body for structured products, but some think that such a move would simply result in more red tape. Meanwhile, Germany and Finland have set the wheels in motion with their own…
BarCap adds industry name to plastics business
Barclays Capital has bolstered its plastics business with the appointment of David Paul as director of commodity sales in London. Paul joins from the New York based brokerage firm Refco, where he was global head of plastics futures trading.
Bank risk manager of the year : Madelyn Antoncic, Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers had a hectic 2005, with net revenue for the year rising 38% to $3.3 billion. But it's not just the traders that were busy.
Swiss Re hires weather specialist for advisory team
Swiss Re has hired Brian O’Hearne as a managing director of North American environment and commodity markets within its capital management and advisory arm in New York.
Raising the standard
The German insurance industry is actively pushing forward the discussion on the standard model within the scope of Solvency II