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Measurisk chief executive moves to K2
K2 Advisors, the New York-based fund of hedge funds with $1 billion under management, has hired Kelsey Biggers as a managing director of risk management. Biggers was previously chief executive, vice-chairman and co-founder of Measurisk, a New York-based…
Nesbitt Burns raids Commerzbank for US start-up
BMO Nesbitt Burns, the Toronto-based investment banking subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, has expanded its equity derivatives operations into the US market by poaching six of Commerzbank’s equity derivatives team.
Exotic FX pulse set to race
The forex business
Every currency counts
Overlay management
Derivatives expert to run BarCap Americas
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of the UK's Barclays, has named Peter Goettler head of its investment banking division in the Americas.
Citi bankers quit to launch FX hedge fund
Citigroup’s former global head of proprietary trading, Patrick Hall, is launching a new macro hedge fund with partners John Banerjee and former Citi economist Michael Burke.
Exposing exposures: how far will it go?
The Enron debacle has spurred investors and creditors to press for greater disclosure of corporate risk and hedging strategies. Companies are beginning to respond. How far will it go?
Capital thinking
Manuel Méndez aims to have BBVA among the first to qualify for Basel II’s advanced risk capital approaches.
Credit adaptation
Credit insurance
Senior exit heralds DrKW trouble?
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Fiat: ‘unroadworthy’
Credit of the month
An end to easy money
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The perspective from France
French focus
Choosing a different path
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The time is right
Hedge funds
Playing catch-up
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Dealing with the flak
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AIB’s Rusnak put false trades into SunGard’s Devon system
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ORX loss database expected to start soon
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Losses and lawsuits
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Banks see little to learn from AIB control failures
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