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Lim bows out as Merrill EMEA fixed-income head
Merrill Lynch’s European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) fixed-income head TJ Lim has resigned, a move some observers believe is the result of his being passed over for promotion when the US investment bank reshuffled its debt division late last year.
Prosecutions of Enron staff highly unlikely, says ex-employee
A senior ex-Enron employee at the heart of the scandal that led to history's largest corporate bankruptcy told RiskNews' sister publication Energy & Power Risk Management that he expects no prosecution to be brought against Enron staff.
Operation information
Although the industry has undertaken work to improve the transparency of hedge porfolios, fund managers' opinions differ over just how transparent funds should be
that's The long and short of it
Running a successful hedge fund is a proposition worlds away from mastering long-only portfolios, but managers who have made the transition to a long/short environment are rising to the challenge
The jury is out
Do hedge funds flourish better in boutiques or institutions?
Axa opens first Asian long/short equity fund
EQUITY | asian absolute fund has been added to axa's hedge line up
Deutsche to offer ALM research
Deutsche Bank has hired David Prieul and Vladyslav Putiatin from Lehman Brothers to provide asset liability management (ALM) strategy research to its customers.
Cantor's Fry to head TradeSpark
Harry Fry has stepped up from his position as managing director of Cantor Fitzgerald’s energy derivatives and market data business to become president of TradeSpark, the electronic energy commodity market-place formed by Cantor and its online brokerage…
Crédit Lyonnais boosts Asian team
French bank Crédit Lyonnais has made three new appointments to its Asian derivatives operations, as part of a drive to boost its interest rates teams in the region.
The Impact of Basle II on the Dealing Community
Overlook the implications of Basle II at your peril, says Garfield Hayes, head of marketing communications at Wall Street Systems.
DrKW adds to credit derivatives team
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired two ex-Gen Re staff to boost its credit derivatives team in New York.
WestLB raids HSBC to rebuild New York forex
Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) is rebuilding its New York forex division with a raid on HSBC resulting in two senior management hires.
Deutsche Bank adds institutional sales staff in London
Deutsche Bank has added several staff with hedge fund derivatives sales experience and shifted several more within its institutional client group in New York and London.
FrontPoint hires equity arbitrage strategy team
US investment management firm FrontPoint Partners has hired a three-man quantitative equity arbitrage team aimed at developing an investment strategy generating low volatility absolute returns using liquid and risk-controlled methodologies.
Raeburn named new ACT chief
The UK's Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) has named ex-KPMG partner Richard Raeburn as its new chief executive.
BofA moves to replace lost FX staff
Bank of America (BofA) hired four senior foreign exchange traders and three institutional forex sales staff in April, in an ongoing expansion of its foreign exchange division, following a number of forex staff leaving the US bank last year.
Static data moves forward
Firms tackling high-speed and information-intensive tasks such as straight-through processing or risk management without accurate instrument and counterparty reference data may be taking enormous operational and credit risks. Clive Davidson reports on…
Switching on CLS
As the continuous linked settlement initiative prepares for a delayed launch later this year, firms that have been involved since the beginning outline how they hope to recoup and build on their investments.