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Crisis Point
In the moments after the London bombings in July, the financial markets reacted quickly and learned some lessons along the way.
Lehman boosts structured product sales
Lehman Brothers has appointed Sophie Landry as executive director in its structured solutions group in London.
Fitch hires Matsui from Swiss Re
Fitch Ratings has hired Vincent Matsui, former co-head of global structured credit underwriting at Swiss Re in New York, as a managing director in its collateralised debt obligation (CDO) asset manager ratings group.
BNP Paribas adds to equity derivatives sales team
Gilles Staquet has joined BNP Paribas to cover equity derivatives arbitrage sales for Belgium and Luxembourg.
Barrie and Hibbert appoints senior risk management actuary
Edinburgh-based financial risk management consultants, Barrie and Hibbert, has appointed Colin Wilson as a senior consultant.
Major dealers issue joint letter to Fed on credit derivatives
The New York Federal Reserve meeting with 14 major dealers on September 15 appears to have succeeded in coercing the industry into taking more concerted action to tackle the mounting problems in credit derivatives confirmation backlogs. Following the…
Uncertainty remains over Basel II, says Schmidt-Bies
An element of uncertainty still exists about the full impact of Basel II in the US, according to Federal Reserve board member, Susan Schmidt-Bies.
BNP Paribas reinforces structured products team in Germany
BNP Paribas has made two new appointments to its German structured product team and one to its bond team in Frankfurt.
Barclays boosts inflation-linked business
Barclays Capital has reshuffled its inflation products teams around the world, as it faces up to strong competition in the sector.
Index fees: what you don't know could hurt you
Christopher sugrue
Europe's managers find joy in their own distress
distressed debt
The future of prime broking
service provision: the future of prime broking
On the right track
When Robert Fleming started financing railroad construction in the US at the end of the nineteenth century, he may not have realised his legacy would set a series of single-strategy hedge funds running, in London, more than 100 years later.
Cutting out the middleman
Marketing
Outsourcing alternatives
Collateral management
A fresh look at credit default swaps
Corporates
The evolution of Freddie Mac
Mortgages
Taking the screen test
Screen trading is spreading faster than ever in the energy markets and market dynamics are changing as a result. Do interdealer brokers in the market see this advance as a threat or an opportunity? Stella Farrington finds out
Buyer and seller beware
As a busy M&A period looms in the US utility sector, a wave of power plant sales seems likely. But those looking to hedge the fuel supply to these assets will find it tricky, given the current volatile gas prices. By Joe Marsh
BEAU TAYLOR
Beau Taylor , global head of energy at JP Morgan, plans to turn the bank from a niche participant into a dominant player in the energy markets. By Joe Marsh
Pension funds swoop on swaps
Pension fund strategies
The credit congress USA
The annual Credit Congress hosted by Credit magazine in New York on September 19-20 took the theme 'Innovations in CDO Structuring and Trading'. Below is a selection of the Congress highlights. Reports by the Credit team
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