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NYBOT appoints new CEO
The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) has appointed its chairman, Charles Falk, to be its new president and chief executive officer (CEO). Falk has been acting in the position since the resignation of the previous CEO, Mark Fichtel, in April 2002.
DrKW appoints two to short-term equity products group
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has made two appointments within its short-term equity products group.
Integral names Liedberg as director of North American sales
Integral Development has hired Brian Liedberg as director of North American sales. Liedberg joins Integral from Cognotec Americas, where he led marketing of the company’s trading services.
EU Cad concedes on investment firms but limits role of insurance
Brussels – The European Commission issued the fourth consultation on the capital adequacy directive (Cad) on July 1.
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BNP Paribas beats SG for ZCM assets
French bank BNP Paribas has entered the final stages of negotiations to purchase about 140 structured transactions linked to funds investments from Zurich Capital Markets (ZCM), a division of Swiss insurer Zurich Financial.
Deutsche names new structured products head
Marc Badrichani has joined Deutsche Bank in London as head of the corporate structuring group for Europe.
Jacobs joins Chicago Fed's new economic capital group
Former managing director and head of analytics for Bank of America's loan portfolio management, Thomas Jacobs, has joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as an economic capital specialist in the watchdog's risk specialist division.
Jacobs joins Chicago Fed's new economic capital group
Former managing director and head of analytics for Bank of America’s loan portfolio management, Thomas Jacobs, has joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as an economic capital specialist in the watchdog's risk specialist division.
Cantor subsidiary files patent infringement suit
Interdealer-broker Cantor Fitzgerald’s trading technology subsidiary eSpeed has filed a patent infringement suit against electronic fixed-income trading platform BrokerTec, while separately a court case pertaining to alleged constructive dismissal…
Old Mutual Asset Management appoints head of risk management
Old Mutual Asset Management, the US asset management arm of financial services company Old Mutual, has hired Jeffery Howkins from Mellon Institutional Asset Management as its head of risk management and audit.
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