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A new era
What impact will the proposed changes to Germany's tax and investment laws have on hedge fund administrators?
Going for gold
Pioneer Alternative Investments aims to double its assets by 2005 at the same time as investing heavily in its operational infrastructure
Total eclipse
A pure credit approach to Threadneedle's Crescendo Credit Fund means its returns are running to schedule
Regulator outlines AMA issues for US banks
In a late-July speech at a Risk Waters Group forum on the US's advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the Federal Reserve's Kirk Odegard described how the US would be implementing the advanced measurement approach for op risk, and outlined regulators'…
Escoffier replaces Annandale as SG’s head of UK derivatives
David Escoffier, formerly head of distribution for equity derivatives structured products at Société Générale in the Americas, has replaced Charles Annandale as head of equity derivatives in the UK.
BNP Paribas transfers Lazell to London as head of debt capital markets for European corporates
French banking group BNP Paribas has named Brian Lazell as head of debt capital markets in Europe for corporate borrowers. Lazell will transfer to London from Hong Kong, where he was head of credit markets, Asia-Pacific. In London, he will report to Paul…
Basel Committee releases interest rate risk document
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released another draft of the "Principles for the Management and Supervision of Interest Rate Risk" this morning.
SG appoints interest rate derivatives marketer
SG, the investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has appointed Arun Jagannathan from Merrill Lynch to sell interest rate derivatives and structured products to German and Austrian banks.
Solving The Identity Crisis
Prudential Financial's homegrown Customer Identification Program solution answers the question behind the USA Patriot Act's Rule 326: Do you really know your customer?
Dresdner appoints new global head of equity derivatives
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has appointed Chris Seery as its new global head of equity derivatives.
People swaps
BOC’s Mortimer to join European energy users’ body Hugh Mortimer, commercial manager at UK industrial group BOC, has been invited to join the board of the International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers Europe (IFIEC). He will replace David…
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