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NAB forex derivatives rejig continues
National Australia Bank (NAB) has continued its rebuilding process by hiring David Hicks as an Australian dollar forwards dealer.
German banks get to grips with a new lending reality
Removal of state guarantees and pressure from shareholders for better returns means German banks can no longer churn out uneconomically priced loans to clients. Now they are starting to introduce sophisticated loan pricing systems, writes Duncan Wood
Fitch/Algorithmics deal analysis
New York-based global ratings and risk management specialist Fitch Group has acquired Toronto-based enterprise risk management software supplier Algorithmics for $175 million.
A wrong-way bet
China Aviation Oil (CAO) revealed in late November that it had lost $550 million through trading oil derivatives – but not before its Chinese parent sold $108 million in CAO shares. By Nick Sawyer, with additional reporting by Jill Wong
The importance of ALM
The crossfire between the International Accounting Standards Board and the European Commission seems to have left corporates bewildered about the implications of IAS 39. Risk talks to leading advisory groups and corporates about the challenges ahead, and…
Citibank cut out
The suspension of Citibank’s private banking business by the Financial Services Agency in September has brought to light a catalogue of internal control and governance failures within the bank’s Japanese operations. And with Citi now cut out of the…
Mind your behaviour
Hedge fund managers are becoming interested in behavioural theory, anincreasingly influential branch of economics that describes the role of intuitivebias in investment decision-making. According to one finance professor,behaviouralism provides valuable…
The game of life
UK life insurers have faced a new regulatory regime in the aftermath of the guaranteed annuity options disaster, which has led them to rethink their use of derivatives. Nicholas Dunbar talks to four leading life companies
Comptroller urges revamped disclosure for financial consumers
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Julie Williams has urged bankers, government officials and consumer advocates to coalesce their efforts to improve the system of disclosure for financial consumers.
Structured finance ratings given BIS OK
The structured finance ratings business was given a clean bill of health today by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), with a few caveats.
Icap buys out GovPX for $13 million
UK inter-dealer broker Icap is buying out the outstanding shares in GovPX, a US fixed-income and derivatives data provider, for $13 million, it was announced last week.
BNP Paribas snares six from Freddie Mac for US mortgage business
French investment bank BNP Paribas has hired six former Freddie Mac professionals, as part of an initiative to build its US mortgage business.
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BarCap boosts German coverage with Frankfurt hires
Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, has made several appointments to its Frankfurt office, extending its coverage in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Barclays Capital wins derivatives house of the year in 2005 Risk Awards
Barclays Capital, the UK-based investment bank, scooped the prestigious Derivatives House of the Year Award in Risk magazine’s sixth awards for achievement in risk management.
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Nomura makes Hong Kong derivatives appointment
Nomura International has hired Alan Mak as head of structuring and marketing for Asia-Pacific derivatives.
Time for relative returns
performance measurement
Size counts...
remuneration
Making money from your money
currency overlay
Reopen for business
As GAM reopens some of its multi-fund hedge portfolios to new investors, David Smith reflects on the hedge fund industry, GAM's progress and staggering intake of money in 2004
Old hand with a new vision
Les Jones has invested in Japan's stock market for 23 years, bringing a wealth of experience to Old Mutual's Pan-Asia fund… and experience of wealth to his hedge fund's investors
Tailor-made money makers
structured products
Awarding excellence
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