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Lehman continues equity derivatives hiring spree
Lehman Brothers has appointed Arnaud Apffel as co-head of European equity corporate derivatives, alongside Marco Di Prima in London. He will report to Philip Lynch, head of global finance in Europe and David Bizer, co-head of equity sales in Europe.
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SG boosts German equity derivatives sales
Société Générale has hired Michael Gypkins, Björn Seifert and Heiko Schömbs as senior equity derivatives salesmen in Frankfurt. The three had worked for Citigroup in similar positions and will start in their new roles on April 1.
Time to get motivated on modelling
Lack of historical data is hampering financial firms from creating the type of op risk models they must have in place for Basel II compliance. By Oonagh Leighton
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Goldman poaches JP Morgan equity marketing team
Goldman Sachs has hired Salvatore Di Stasi from JP Morgan Chase as a managing director and to head its European equity derivatives group.
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HSBC poaches CSFB fixed income sextet
HSBC has hired six sales and trading staff from Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), including Patrick Haskell, CSFB’s former head of US interest rate products. Haskell joins HSBC Securities as a managing director and head of its rates business in North…
JP Morgan reorganisation continues
JP Morgan has promoted Antonio Polverino to head of corporate derivatives marketing in credit, rates and equities. He previously held a similar role, but covered credit and rates only.
Germany’s closed shop
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The Compliance Dance
CIOs and CCOs are working more closely together than ever before in these jittery compliance days. Waters asks, what’s the working relationship really like?
Dresdner hires six FX directors
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has appointed six key directors to its foreign exchange businesses in London and Frankfurt.
Dow Jones Indexes joins forces with Markit and CDS IndexCo
Dow Jones Indexes, Markit and CDS IndexCo, a consortium of 16 investment banks, have signed agreements to govern the licensing, marketing and calculation of the Dow Jones CDX indexes.
GFI poaches 10 for new rate swaps desk
New York-headquartered inter-dealer broker GFI has hired 10 brokers to set up a new US interest rate swaps desk in London.
Deutsche Bank promotes Dunbar
Deutsche Bank has promoted Ivor Dunbar to head of global markets in Europe, excluding Germany.
Wealth by Health
A full checkup of your IT systems by external consultants is preferable to trusting inside sources, says a head of technology at a major French banking group.