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Standard Chartered hires interest rate derivatives trader
Standard Chartered Bank has hired Cleber Tinidade as a senior interest rate derivatives trader in its London office.
FX Concepts hires Citigroup strategist
New York-based currency overlay manager FX Concepts has hired Citigroup’s Tao Huang as vice-president of research to strengthen its quantitative research and product development.
Lehman names Simon as global head of forex options marketing
Lehman Brothers has appointed Andrew Simon as global head of foreign exchange options marketing.
Ex-WestLB financial engineering head launches consultancy
Janet Tavakoli, former head of capital markets financial engineering at Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) in London, has launched a derivatives consultancy - Tavakoli Structured Finance.
Bear Stearns nabs CSFB credit derivatives head
CSFB’s global head of credit derivatives for developed markets, Mark Davies, has left the bank, a CSFB spokesman confirmed. Davies will start as head of credit derivatives at Bear Stearns in May.
Deutsche Bank hires BoA veteran in Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank has hired Linda Fok as director and head of local corporate relationships in its global banking division in Hong Kong.
Standard Chartered boosts global ABS team
Standard Chartered has strengthened its asset-backed securitisation (ABS) capabilities with three new hires.
BoA adds to European structured debt and risk management team
Banc of America Securities, the investment banking arm of Bank of America, has boosted its European debt capital raising and risk management group.
AIG hires risk manager in New York
Paul Stubbs will join AIG Trading Group in Greenwich, Connecticut, as a vice-president in foreign exchange and commodity risk management. He will report to Mark Balfan, senior vice-president and global head of market risk management.
Taking it slow
Hong Kong's banks are, for the most part, targeting the standardised approach outlined in the new Basel capital Accord, but it is hoped that this will act as a catalyst for the further improvements in risk management.
Ong moves into academia
Former chief risk officer for the Americas at Credit Agricole Indosuez, Michael Ong, has moved into academia with a full professorship and directorship on the finance program at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.