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Citigroup reorganises equity derivatives unit
Citigroup has promoted Richard Burns to global head of structured and retail equity derivatives.
JP Morgan exotics exodus continues
JP Morgan Chase, which lost its head of exotics Chris French this month, has suffered two further defections from its team that won Risk’s ‘structured product award for innovation’ last year.
Prebon brokers walk
Prebon Yamane in Singapore has been rocked by the resignation of a large number of its broking staff. Over 50 employees including numerous senior brokers have left Prebon in the Lion City to join rival company BGC, the brokerage arm of Cantor Fitzgerald.
Barclays adds structured credit marketer
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has hired Jane Privett as a director within the UK institutional credit sales team.
JP Morgan CDO marketer departs
Paul Horvath, co-head of European collateralised debt obligation marketing (CDO) at JP Morgan, has left the firm. The remaining CDO marketing co-head, Olrich Masek, will assume Horvath’s responsibilities. Horvath is thought to be joining Merrill Lynch in…
JP Morgan hires accounting specialist
JP Morgan, the US-based investment bank, has hired Suzanne Lloyd as a vice-president in the firm’s equity derivatives division.
Bank of America promotes Moulds
Bank of America (BoA) has promoted Jonathan Moulds to the position of international head of global markets, with a remit covering debt and equities in Europe and Asia.
In a muddle over MiFID
The EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has appeared like a bolt from the blue for most op risk managers. Should they be scared? By Duncan Wood
Société Générale snares Geys
Société Générale has appointed Raphaël Geys as head of European fixed-income sales for financial institutions in London.
FitchRisk to drop Algo op risk product
NEW YORK -- An executive from FitchRisk, the New York-based risk management software firm, has told Operational Risk that the firm plans to drop Algorithmics’ op risk software offering in the wake of its purchase of the Toronto-based software firm.
Greenpeace protesters storm IPE
Open-outcry trade in Brent and gas oil futures at London’s International Petroleum Exchange was halted for over an hour on Wednesday afternoon after 50 to 60 protesters from environmental group Greenpeace stormed the building.
DrKW appoints global head of FX derivatives
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has hired Tim Carrington as its new global head of foreign exchange derivatives.
Barclays Capital appoints CMBS research director
Barclays Capital has hired Hans Vrensen as head of its European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) research unit.
NAB gears up for forex options restart
National Australia Bank (NAB) has made two senior derivatives trading appointments in preparation for the future reopening of its forex options desk. The desk closed early last year following a trading scandal.
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New heads for RWE Trading and RWE Power
Brian Count will leave his post as chief executive of RWE Trading, the trading arm of German utility RWE, as of July 1, when he will be replaced by Peter Terium, head of RWE group controlling. And Jan Zilius is expected to take over as chief executive of…
Blackstone hires Morgan Stanley’s Kapur
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM) has hired Vineet Kapur to its investment team in New York.