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David Li joins Barclays quantitative group
David Li, a former quantitative researcher at Citigroup, has joined Barclays Capital in New York as its global head of quantitative analytics for credit derivatives.
Nomura builds up international credit group
Nomura International has made eight new appointments in London, New York and Hong Kong for its global credit group, which specialises in structured credit products and trading. The additions come as Nomura seeks to expand this particular business line in…
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APX restructures, makes senior hires
Amsterdam-based APX Group, which provides exchanges for natural gas and power trading across northwest Europe, will move London-based power exchange UKPX’s forwards market onto its own system on August 18. The group has also made several senior…
AIG restaffs forex post-merger
Banque AIG, a subsidiary of AIG Financial Products, has hired six sales and trading specialists in a bid to upgrade the foreign exchange component of its cross-product service, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
Deutsche appoints new head of operational risk
Deutsche Bank has internally appointed Christian Sewing as global head of operational risk management (ORM), replacing Fred Peemoeller.
Fidelity risk chief lands at SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hired Charles Fishkin as director of the newly formed Office of Risk Assessment (ORA). Fishkin will manage the overall risk assessment programme, co-ordinating risk assessment activities across the…
New England revolution
The Massachusetts state pension plan has just stumped up $1.6 billion for its first foray into hedge fund investment. Navroz Patel talks to treasurer Tim Cahill's team about the challenges associated with its asset reallocation plans
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