People
Keeping it in the family
Beverly Chandler talks to Gailen Krug, chief investment officer and vice president of Waycrosse Inc about the company's method of managing money in a family office.
'The Day the Bubble Burst'
By Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts (1979)
Keeping the decisions in-house
Tomaso Corsini explains his decision not to use a hedge fund advisory firm while preparing Nextra Total Return
Luxembourg turns up the heat in search for new business
As Luxembourg becomes one of the leading domiciles in Europe to house hedge funds, a more explicit regulatory framework is being put in place by the country's authorities to ensure a streamlined environment
ABN Amro adds to institutional forex sales
ABN Amro has made three new hires in institutional foreign exchange sales – part of its global financial markets business. All three report to Chicago-based Robert Rodman, ABN's global head of forex product sales to financial institutions and the public…
Merill Lynch hires for European derivatives sales
Merrill Lynch has made two new hires for its derivatives sales force in Europe. Robert Machin joins as a director of interest rate derivatives, and Konstantin Krebs joins as a senior vice-president, marketing credit derivatives, interest rate derivatives…
SunGard makes two senior hires for collateral management and energy businesses
Pennsylvania-based technology firm SunGard Trading and Risk Systems has hired Michael Clarke as a senior vice-president of the SunGard Collateral operating unit, while Michael DeMaise has joined the energy operating unit as vice-president of product…
Asset managers run for cover
Enterprise-level risk
Reading the signals
Forex modelling
Merrill Lynch snags two from SG in Asia
Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) has snatched two derivatives specialists from SG Securities Global Equities, in a move to strengthen its position in the region's equity derivatives markets, according to the bank.
Talking distressed
Profile
Shaping up?
Telecoms
Turkish crossover
Turkey
Patsystems saga continues
Patsystems’ extraordinary general meeting, requisitioned by a group of disgruntled shareholders on February 11 this year, has been postponed until March 23.
New ABN Amro hire to expand electronic futures business
Steve Chivers has joined ABN Amro as a Chicago-based senior global technology manager of the bank's global futures division – a newly created position.
Overmars to head ABN financial markets
Piero Overmars has stepped up from his role as ABN Amro’s head of global financial markets in Japan, to become the Dutch bank’s global head of global financial markets, based in Amsterdam. He replaces Nils Lorenzen, who has resigned for personal reasons…
Citibank appoints head of structuring for Asia-Pacific
Citibank has named Rodrigo Zorrilla as head of structuring and corporate sales for Asia-Pacific, reporting to Paco Ybarra, head of financial markets for Citibank Asia-Pacific. He will be responsible for the development and structuring of Citibank's Asian…
New multi-bank op risk data pooling venture
Over a dozen large global banks plan to form a new not-for-profit venture to pool operational risk data this spring. The Operational Risk Data Exchange (ORX) will be incorporated in Switzerland – selected for its data privacy and confidentiality laws –…
Hawke highlights "thorny issues" of Basel II
John Hawke, the US Comptroller of the Currency, this week said that “there are a number of thorny issues that remain to be worked out” in the Basel II bank capital adequacy Accord. Speaking at a conference held by the Institute of International Bankers…