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Del Fante quits JP Morgan Chase
Matteo Del Fante has quit his job as head of JP Morgan Chase’s public sector business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Del Fante, who was not available for comment, is to take a job in the Italian public sector, according to sources.
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WestLB boosts credit derivatives sales
Germany’s WestLB has snared Anthony Brown as executive director and head of credit sales. Based in London, he will sell a range of credit products to non-German-speaking accounts.
BoNY steps up hedge fund transparency effort
The Bank of New York has stepped up its efforts to offer hedge funds increased transparency in Europe, with the hire of David Aldrich as head of securities industry banking. Aldrich will assume responsibility for relationship management and sales to…
Former head of currency forwards returns to Bank One
Bank One’s former head of currency forwards, Paul Smith, will rejoin the company in London tomorrow (November 11) as a senior euro forwards trader, a senior official told RiskNews’ sister publication FX Week .
UBS hires Latin American trading head
Ron Goldshmidt has joined UBS's fixed income, rates and currencies division at Stamford, Connecticut, in the newly created position of head of Latin American trading.
Summit Systems names prominent hires in New York
Software vendor Summit Systems has made a number of appointments for its New York office. The hires include the return of co-founder Kathy Perrotte to the vendor after a one-year sabbatical.
Industry veteran quits CFTC
Jane Kang Thorpe, director of the division of clearing and oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will leave the US regulator later this month. She leaves to take up a post as general counsel for the Dubai Regional Exchange (DRI).
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Bear Stearns snares another top credit derivatives executive
Bear Stearns has made another senior hire in its rapidly expanding credit derivatives department. Alex Reyfman will join the US investment bank in New York as managing director and head of credit derivatives research.
Wachovia hires institutional foreign exchange dealers
Wachovia Bank has hired two institutional foreign exchange dealers in London, as part of a global drive to increase its institutional forex business.
ABN Amro continues derivatives build-up
ABN Amro has hired two foreign exchange derivatives marketing managers in the latest stage of its ongoing derivatives business expansion.
US merger brings uncertain future for BoA/ Fleet FX staff
Bank of America’s (BoA) $47 billion purchase of FleetBoston Financial should bolster its regional US coverage in foreign exchange. But an overlap in jobs is unavoidable with a bank the size of BoA, analysts told RiskNews ' sister publication FX Week ,…
Continuous-linked settlement - The Asian connection
Several Asian banks are already using continuous-linked settlement to reduce foreign exchange risk, but with more Asian currencies set to be added over the next year, the number of users looks set to rise further.
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