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Reuters beefs-up treasury team
Technology and information provider Reuters has added to its Treasury marketing and strategy team, the firm said last week.
Singapore FX build-up for BoA
Bank of America (BofA) made four new hires in FX trading in Singapore in September. The hires are part of the bank’s ongoing move to strengthen foreign exchange, said Larry Baum, New York-based global head of spot, forward and proprietary trading.
FNX appoints new technology officer
FNX, the Pennsylvania-based risk management provider, has promoted Andrew Vickers to the role of chief technology officer. In this new position, Vickers assumes responsibility for all technical aspects of the software services developed by FNX.
ABN Amro hires German global financial markets head
Dutch bank ABN Amro has hired Hermann Watzinger to head its global financial markets group in Germany, covering all of the bank’s activities in fixed income, including structured finance, treasury, asset securitisation and fixed-income derivatives…
Barclays Capital adds to futures sales desk in Singapore
UK bank Barclays Capital has hired James Clarke in its futures sales desk in Singapore, according to an official at the bank in Hong Kong.
Dresdner corporate and markets head Fischer resigns
Leonhard Fischer, head of corporates and markets at Dresdner Bank, has resigned, according to senior Dresdner officials.
Top regulators denounce attempt to resurrect OTC energy bill
The four most senior financial regulators in the United States have joined forces to express concern at legislative proposals to expand regulation of over-the-counter energy derivatives.
ABN Amro hires head of European CMBS
Dutch bank ABN Amro has appointed David Newby in a dual position as head of European commercial mortgage-backed securitisation (CMBS), and UK and Irish securitisation.
New head of European FX derivatives marketing for HSBC
HSBC has appointed Ferruccio Ferrara from Deutsche Bank as European head of FX derivatives marketing.
Job cuts at Nordea Securities to have minimal derivatives impact
Nordea's decision to slash nearly 20% of its Nordea Securities investment banking workforce should have only a limited impact on the Nordic bank’s derivatives business, it announced yesterday.
Practitioner analysis: Reaping the advantages of Basel II
David Stone of Zions Bancorporation describes how the US bank plans to underpin its enterprise-wide risk management by implementing the Basel II accord’s advanced approaches to measuring operational risk.
Oxley in talks with potential investors for Chess Capital
ex- watson wyatt consultant aims to launch by november
Thames River Capital unveils Japan and Turkey portfolios
rod birkett, martin taylor and volkan sari in manager roles
Risk equals opportunity
Even though the past year has been tough, many managers are starting to see returns on their sector bets.
Can fund databases be relied upon?
Hedge fund databases are in their infancy and this creates problems for users who are demanding up-to-date information.
Sweden strides towards a stricter hedge fund regulation regime
A government committee has been reviewing Swedish fund legislation and how the European Union's Ucits directives will be transported into Swedish law.
Booming Bermuda
Hedge funds can be set up with a relative ease in Bermuda ' it's just a matter of knowing where to start and getting to grips with the regulations
Reference published to aid new hedge fund managers
aima and goldman sachs produce alternatives reference manual