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German focus: Trouble below deck
Despite weathering a number of storms over the past decade, notably reunification and monetary union, the German economy is facing a new threat.
HSBC appoints London head of structuring for conduit securitisation
HSBC has appointed Craig Squire as head of structuring for London conduit securitisation, which involves the repackaging and securitisation of a number of asset pools via a single company, rather than the traditional use of special-purpose vehicles.
Lehman Brothers hires Asian head of equities
Lehman Brothers has hired Timothy Throsby as managing director and head of equities for Asia.
Fimat looks to build alternative investment presence
Fimat Group, Société Générale’s brokerage subsidiary, has formed a New York-based Financial Services Group (FSG) to increase its presence in the alternative investment community.
ABN Amro appoints senior US FX strategist
ABN Amro has appointed Greg Anderson, previously senior global markets strategist at Fleet Bank Boston, as senior foreign exchange strategist in the US.
Large takes over from Clementi as deputy governor of the Bank of England
Andrew Large – formerly deputy chairman of UK financial services group Barclays – was yesterday appointed deputy governor, with responsibility for financial stability, of the Bank of England.
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DrKW reorganises credit derivatives business
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Germany's Dresdner Bank, restructured its London credit derivatives business today.
ING bolsters hedge funds sales in Asia
ING Financial Markets, the equities and fixed-income sales, trading and research division of ING Group, has hired Donald Klip as vice-president of hedge funds sales, Asia.
Boston-based AIR releases terrorism risk model
AIR Worldwide, a Boston-based catastrophe and weather risk modelling company, today released what it claims is the first commercially available terrorism risk model. The model estimates the financial impact of insured property and workers' compensation…
UBS Warburg poaches Merrill Lynch veteran in Asia
UBS Warburg has snared Christopher Lee, a seven-year veteran of Merrill Lynch, to head it intermediary desk for equity risk management products.
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FXall hires marketers from former rival Atriax
Two former employees of defunct multi-bank FX tradingportal Atriax were last week hired by rival portal FXall. Keith Hill joins FXall in London as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa sales, while Michelle Bachmann-Love was made head of North America…
Citi snares Achnitz from Goldman to head German FX
Citigroup has made two hires to its foreign exchange business in Frankfurt, in a move that global forex head Richard Moore said underlines its commitment to the German market.
Deutsche appoints new Japan head of credit
Deutsche Bank has appointed David Schrenzel as head of integrated credit trading in Japan, replacing Jeffrey Zavattero who resigned from the bank last month.
Lehman Brothers hires head of Japan fixed-income sales
Lehman Brothers has hired Tetsu Serizawa as managing director and head of fixed-income sales in Japan.
EnergyClear hires senior risk officer
EnergyClear Corporation (ECC) has hired Holly Arney as senior vice-president of risk management. ECC, a Houston-based, not-for-profit, industry-owned and sponsored clearing house, aims to provide comparison, netting and settlement of over-the-counter…