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UK regulator appoints new director of enforcement
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK's financial services watchdog, has appointed Margaret Cole as its new director of enforcement. She will report to John Tiner, chief executive of the FSA.
Lehman Brothers beefs up structuring capability
Lehman Brothers has poached Giuseppe Bivona from Morgan Stanley to originate capital markets products and market structured solutions to Italian banks. He worked as head of the financial institutions group for Italian clients at Morgan Stanley.
Avoid the Pitfalls of Basel II
The rush to reach Basel II compliance can present an assortment of roadblocks and hurdles for investment banks, but they don’t have to stall your schedule.
Rodriguez quits JP Morgan interest rate sales team
Tracey Rodriguez has resigned from JP Morgan Chase, where she worked as a senior salesperson in London, covering interest rate products and reporting to desk head Sikander Ilyas.
Deutsche hires Ritter to head commodities
Deutsche Bank has hired Mark Ritter as global head of commodities.
TFS continues expansion with Arc Oil purchase
Connecticut-based broker TFS is in fierce expansion mode: yesterday it announced its purchase of oil broker Arc Oil, an oil broker headquartered in Houston. This follows TFS’s recent opening of a Houston office and re-entering US coal and emissions…
BNP Paribas hires derivatives marketer in NY
BNP Paribas has appointed Jerry Hammerschmidt as a senior equity derivatives marketer and managing director in its New York office.
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