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Ex-Aquila weather traders find new jobs
Ravi Nathan, formerly head of weather trading at Missouri-based energy company Aquila, is to join insurance firm ACE, heading its weather risk management division out of its Philadelphia office. Meanwhile, six of his former Aquila colleagues are set to…
JP Morgan restructures equities business
JP Morgan Chase has restructured its global equities business by moving Carlos Hernandez, previously head of global equity capital and derivatives markets, to head North American equity capital markets.
Standing to leave JP Morgan
Rob Standing, London-based head of JP Morgan Chase's interest rates business, is to leave the firm to join London Diversified Fund, a $1 billion fixed-income hedge fund he set up while at Chase Manhattan in 1995.
Continuous-linked settlement: Extending to Asia
Continuous-linked settlement – the initiative designed to eliminate forex settlement risk – went live at the end of last year. But with only Australia and Japan represented in the first batch of currencies, what will CLS mean for Asia’s banks?
Waiting for guidance
South Korea's banks have made huge strides in implementing risk management systems over the past few years, but Basel II is not yet a driving force, with banks waiting for the Korean regulator to publish local guidelines.
Patsystems names two non-executive directors
UK electronic trading software company, patsystems, today named Stewart Millman as non-executive chairman and Richard Last as a non-executive director.
GE ERC names Narvell as new global chief actuary
GE's Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC) has lured John Narvell from XL Winterthur International as its global chief actuary.
Convertible bond follows hiring of Soros managers
new star appoints ramzan and beton to its bermuda fund
Japan looks set to outpace US and Europe after underperformance
Opportunities to be found as companies restructure
Check out the past
As money continues to flow into the hedge fund industry, so the risk of fraud increases. What are the tell-tale signs?
A winning combination
Employing a marketing agent to increase a hedge fund's size can prove beneficial in the long run ' and allows the fund managers to concentrate on the job in hand
The right choices
Due diligence is essential when selecting an administrator to ensure a life-long relationship
Changing aspects
Trading in over 100 markets brings in an estimated long-term capital growth of more than 20% pa
Getting the low down
What are the benefits of covered warrants, the newest kid on the leveraged product block?
Hancock, Merton and Mendoza launch Integrated Finance
Integrated Finance (IFL), the brainchild of Peter Hancock, Robert Merton and Roberto Mendoza – and one of Wall Street’s worst kept secrets – has officially opened for business.
AIB promotes capital markets head
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has made its capital markets head, Colm Doherty, an executive director of the bank.