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Cairn Capital adds asset-backed specialist
Cairn Capital, a London-based advisory and investment firm specialising in structured credit, has hired Jenna Collins as an analyst. Collins, who will join Cairn in November, was an asset-backed securities analyst at Merrill Lynch in London.
Energising the US
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has plans to require the US to generate20% of its electricity from renewable sources. But just how different are Kerry’sand President Bush’s stances on energy policy? By Paul Lyon
The windy city rules
The Chicago Climate Exchange is going from strength to strength if its new initiatives,new members and volumes are anything to go by. Here PaulLyon talks to CCX founderRichard Sandor about the exchange’s future
Nymex names head of new strategy department
John D’Agostino will head up a new department at the New York Mercantile Exchange, which will focus on strategic options for expansion and growth. The exchange has promoted D’Agostino to vice-president of strategy and business development from manager…
BNP restructures European credit research
BNP Paribas, the French banking group, has restructured its credit research division after three members were poached by Lehman Brothers in September.
Learning from Esops' fables
France's SNCF is concentrating on the risks, particularly the operational ones, associated with its new employee savings programme. Duncan Wood reports on its progress, and throws light on the various other Esop-type products on the market.
Barclays boosts Asian credit team
Barclays Capital has continued its drive to boost its Asian credit derivatives business with another new hire in Hong Kong. William Pang joined the bank yesterday as director of Asian credit derivatives with responsibility for market risk.
The Road to Compliance
In the race to meet new regulatory compliance, CIOs have their hands full. How close are they to the finish line?
Cash margin squeeze benefits Japan forex derivatives dealers
Derivatives dealers in Japan are in demand, as spread compression in vanilla foreign exchange has prompted foreign banks to look elsewhere for margin.
Deutsche sues JP Morgan Chase over credit team defections
Deutsche Bank has filed a lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase and two of the German bank's former employees following the defection of senior Deutsche Bank staff to the US bank more than a month ago.
Deutsche Bank hires MBS group heads
Deutsche Bank has hired Neil Ahuja and John Roach as head of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and mortgage derivatives trading, respectively.
Evolution starts brokering US natural gas and power
US coal and emissions broker Evolution Markets has expanded its services to include over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage services for North American natural gas and power. Jeff Rosenzweig has joined as managing director of the new gas and power desk, and…
The poet of risk regulation
Jaime Caruana has been seeking harmony in his role as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Now that the final text of the new Basel Accord has finally been released, Caruana can comment on the work he has done – and give his views on…
Commerzbank hires forex options trader
Commerzbank Securities in New York has hired Carmine Ricciardi as a senior foreign exchange options trader.
Citi hires ABN Amro risk analytics director
Citigroup has hired Matt Daniel, a director of risk analytics at ABN Amro in New York.
Deutsche reorganises credit unit after defections to JP Morgan
Deutsche Bank is to reorganise the management of its collateralised debt obligation (CDO) business for the second time in six months. The move comes a month after JP Morgan Chase poached a number of the German bank's senior staff, although a Deutsche…
Jersey cuts through the red tape to bring in the experts
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Malta's path to sustained hedge fund growth
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Champagne performance at Charlemagne
London emerging markets managers Charlemagne Capital have seen steady returns from the OCCO Asia hedge fund, while adding other emerging market products to its suite.
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Reaping the rewards
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Why pension funds cannot ignore investable indices
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