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SG strengthens LatAm team
Société Générale Corporate and Investing Banking (SGCIB) has strengthened its coverage of Latin America by appointing Thomas Jacquot as vice-president, equity derivatives, structured products, LatAm.
Madoff fraud puts focus on due diligence
Several market players that had conducted due diligence on his firm told Risk that it had raised danger signals as far back as the late 1990s.
BoA names regional leadership positions
Bank of America (BoA) has appointed the regional heads that will take charge once its purchase of Merrill Lynch is complete, which is expected to be in the first quarter of 2009.
Obama names next heads of SEC and CFTC
US president-elect Barack Obama has named the next leaders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following his call for "a 21st century regulatory framework to ensure a crisis like this can never…
SG names Wilson head of metals research
David Wilson has joined Société Générale as head of metals research.
Finra CEO to take over at SEC
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Citi rings the changes in structured products reorg
Citi has announced a host of changes to its structured products business, including the appointment of Jean-Luc Bernardi as Emea head of structuring. Bernardi has developed and led the Emea Equity Derivatives Structuring Team since 2006 and will be…
Citi rings the changes in structured products
Citi has announced a host of changes to its structured products business, including the appointment of Jean-Luc Bernardi as head of structuring for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA). Bernardi has developed and led the EMEA equity derivatives…
MF Global appoints new chief operating officer
Karel Harbour has been promoted to chief operating officer for New York-based derivatives broker MF Global.
UK government consults on regulation of Islamic finance
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CME Group hires Katz as interest rate products head
CME Group has appointed Marcus Katz as director of interest rate products.
Tucker appointed deputy governor of Bank of England
Paul Tucker will replace John Gieve as the Bank of England's deputy governor for financial stability, starting in March 2009.
Nomura hires chief economist in New York
Nomura Securities International (NSI) has hired Paul Sheard in the newly created position of global chief economist and head of economic research in New York.
Rabobank appoints new Asia-Pacific head of GFM
Rabobank International has promoted Martijn Nijziel as Asia-Pacific head of global financial markets (GFM) in Hong Kong from his previous position in Tokyo as Japan head of GFM.
Deutsche Bank structured equity sales head departs amid cuts
Kim Gayer has left his London-based position as managing director and global head of structured equity sales at Deutsche Bank. The bank declined to comment on his departure.
Griffith appointed to third term at CBOE
The board of directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has re-appointed Bradley Griffith as vice-chairman of the exchange for a third consecutive one-year term in 2009.
Joe Gold
Joe Gold, MD and co-head of commodities at Barclays Capital, talks to Katie Holliday about weathering the financial market turmoil
LNG fundamentals - Natural selection
The LNG market for Europe and Asia has been traditionally tight, but new supply looks set to change market dynamics. Katie Holliday reports