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Strength in numbers
Weather derivatives seem to have a bright future: the market is enjoying record liquidity levels as new players, trading ever more diverse products, flood into the market. Oliver Holtaway reports
Pricing the weather
Pricing weather derivatives is different from valuing other derivatives contracts – actuarial methods play a greater role. Steve Jewson looks at the varied approaches available
Baiting the hook
End-users such as utilities and industrial companies are not showing the same keenness as hedge funds for trading weather derivatives, despite the efforts of banks, dealers and brokers to lure them in. By Joe Marsh
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Commerzbank hires Afaf to head forex options team
Commerzbank Corporates & Markets has hired Nasir Afaf from Rabo Securities as head of foreign exchange options. Afaf was previously Rabo's head of financial engineering in equity derivatives.
JP Morgan nabs two from Lehman
JP Morgan has made two senior hires in trading and sales from Wall Street rival Lehman Brothers.
ABN Amro boosts ABS research
Christopher Anhamm, currently head of covered bond research at ABN Amro, has been given the role of head of European asset-backed securitisation (ABS) research.
Merrill Lynch Investment Management builds structured products team
Merrill Lynch Investment Management has lured Fernando Guerrero, a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) specialist, away from ABN Amro to head its planned structured products team in New York.
Deutsche snares top UBS energy structurer
Deutsche Bank has hired Louise Kitchen as global head of commodities structuring and marketing, based in New York.
Is Basel II a hurdle too far for US broker-dealers?
Broker-dealers in the US are having to cope with the SEC's capital requirements, while still being somewhat in the dark about the upcoming Basel II framework. By Choongo Moonga
Norton Rose hires Lovells derivatives partner
Norton Rose is moving to rebuild its structured finance and has hired Laurence Garside, formerly a partner in Lovells' derivatives practice.
JP Morgan bolsters derivatives marketing business
JP Morgan has hired four derivatives marketers for its streamlined derivatives marketing unit, including two managing directors from Deutsche Bank. They are the first significant appointments by the US investment bank since a steady stream of senior…
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BNP Paribas adds six to commodity business
BNP Paribas has hired six senior traders and managers for its commodity derivatives offices around the world.
BNP Paribas strengthens energy derivatives team
French bank BNP Paribas has strengthened its commodity derivatives team in New York, London and Singapore, particularly on the energy side.