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Dresdner hires Silvotti, reshuffles derivatives group
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Roberto Silvotti from Calyon as head of new product development in its derivatives group.
Deutsche promotes Javid to head emerging market structuring
Deutsche Bank has promoted Sajid Javid to the position of global head of emerging market structuring. He was previously head of the emerging markets structuring group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Dresdner hires Madon to its structured credit unit
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired David Madon as a managing director in its structured credit sales and marketing unit in New York.
Specialist inflation funds proliferate in Europe
European funds specialising in inflation-linked products accounted for around 30% of all inflation-linked product end-users during 2004, according to ABN Amro.
Building a risk culture
German bank WestLB appointed its first chief risk officer, Matthijs van den Adel, last year after posting heavy losses in 2002 and 2003. His first job was to restructure the bank’s entire risk management framework. By Duncan Wood
Deutsche hires Grenier from Fidelity
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has hired Bart Grenier as head of its speciality fixed income business – a newly created position. Grenier joins Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm from Fidelity Asset Management and Research, where he was a senior vice…
S&P makes push in Asia
Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the ratings agency and index provider, has hired Toshiki Ando as a business development director for Asia - a new role within its securities data unit.
Barclays hires head of equity exotics trading
Barclays Capital has hired Nick Nassuphis as head of equity exotic and structured product derivative trading.
Markit hires credit derivative valuations specialist
Markit has hired Vaughan Harding as a director in its valuations group in London.
ABN Amro expands commodity-trading team, opens Singapore office
Dutch bank ABN Amro has made several commodity trading and marketing hires in London and New York, and opened an office in Singapore.
What has op risk to do with ‘credit’ ratings?
How should credit rating agencies include op risk in their assessment of firms’ creditworthiness? By Choongo Moonga
Mandate expands, but money doesn’t
Operational risk managers face two contradictory forces: greatly increased responsibility but not-so-greatly increased resources, according to our third annual global operational risk survey. By Ellen Davis
China in its hand
As Industrial Commercial Bank of China receives a $15 billion bailout from the government, the challenges in attracting foreign investment and strengthening the sector become ever more apparent. James Ockenden talks to the China Banking Regulatory…
Deutsche hires El Khoury
Jean El Khoury has joined Deutsche Bank as a director, US index trading, in the securities arm’s global markets division.