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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
Cultural exchange
EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…
Demise of UK suppliers hits end-users hard
The near-simultaneous bankruptcies of the UK's only two independent energy suppliers has exposed problems in market frameworks and added to challenging operating conditions for end-users, finds Roderick Bruce
Deutsche Bank structured equity sales head departs amid cuts
Kim Gayer has left his position as managing director and global head of structured equity sales at Deutsche Bank, a role which was based in London. The bank declined to comment on his departure.
SEC toughens rules for credit rating agencies
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Legal action spreads to losses on Lehman exchange-traded notes
Arbitrations in the US have now expanded to recovering losses made as a result of investments in Lehman exchange-traded notes (ETNs). Around 20 law firms are now investigating the sale of principal protected Lehman notes (PPNs) in the US, which have been…