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Appointment at JP Morgan
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Independence day
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Perspectives - Loh Boon-Chye
10-year anniversary
Widening the spectrum
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Brick by brick
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A step up the ladder
Basel II
Mazzone joins SuperDerivatives as sales head
Anna Mazzone has joined SuperDerivatives in London, where she will be in charge of the risk and pricing analytics firm's sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Counting on coal
NRG Energy's move to buy Texas Genco seems a wise one for a company with strong dark-spread exposure, but it has its risks, despite the target company being backed by an active hedging programme. Joe Marsh reports
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Employee stock options
Refco fallout hits industry
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End of an era for the world
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Weapons for mass construction
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Art of influence
Tom Wilson's work helped change the way the industry thinks about credit risk, alternative risk transfer and corporate risk culture. What now for ING Insurance's new head of risk management? By Navroz Patel
Building a capital plan
Banks are required under Basel II to have a process in place for assessing their overall capital adequacy in relation to their risk profile. Bernard Manson and Christopher Hall outline how to construct a capital plan to ensure minimum capital…
BlueBay names Khein as new COO
London-based BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Alex Khein as chief operating officer, a newly created position.
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Over the last several years, major financial institutions around the world have struggled with a number of questions that have arisen as a result of challenging regulatory directives. Included among these are:
Jefferies hires head of commodity derivatives
Mazin Mirza has joined Jefferies Financial Products (JFP) as global head of commodity derivatives.
Looking for clarity
The European Union's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is set for implementation in April 2007. But there's plenty of confusion as to what the new regulations will entail – particularly with regards to 'best execution'. By Hann Ho
Under Scrutiny - Regulators focus on credit
Well-publicised risk issues and a recent growth spurt have brought credit markets firmly under the scrutiny of global regulators. Nikki Marmery investigates whether the attention will prove to be a boon for attracting more investment - or a barrier to…
Drayson joins BNP Paribas as head of securitisation
Tim Drayson has joined BNP Paribas in London as global head of securitisation, with the job of improving the bank's performance in the European structured credit markets.