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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.
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As systemic risk concerns resurface, Gerald Corrigan, co-chair of Goldman Sachs’ firm-wide risk committee, has revived an industry group formed after the LTCM debacle. By Navroz Patel
Leung leaves Moody’s KMV for credit portfolio managers’ association
Som-lok Leung, a senior director of client solutions at Moody’s KMV, is to leave the San Francisco-based credit analytics specialist next month to take on the role of executive director at the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM…
BGI hires in fixed income ahead of hedge fund launch
Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the San Francisco-based asset management arm of Barclays Bank, has made four hires in its fixed-income department in anticipation of the launch of new long/short fixed-income products fund.
Goldman loses CDO co-head to Deutsche
Deutsche Bank has hired Michael Henriques as a managing director responsible for origination, structuring and risk management of principal finance opportunities within its special situations group (SSG).
Barclays hires quartet to structured credit group
Barclays Capital has hired four staff to boost its structured credit products sales team in New York.
Deutsche Bank boosts SSG
Deutsche Bank has appointed Michael Henriques, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as a managing director within its special situations group (SSG).
US regulators tackle unintended consequences of BSA enforcement
At a recent anti-money laundering (AML) conference in New York, US financial regulators conceded the enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) has produced negative, unintended consequences in the financial industry.