Risk magazine
German contagion looms as funds buckle
The news that two structured loan funds are in need of emergency support has done nothing to calm fears over German structured product funds.
ABN's Brushfield completes first CDO
The principal finance arm of ABN Amro, Brushfield Capital, has completed its first collateralised debt obligation (CDO).
CIT grows structured business in London
CIT Group, the New York-based commercial and consumer finance provider, has appointed two senior managing directors in its London office.
AIMA names new deputy chief executive
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has named Andrew Baker as its new deputy chief executive.
ECX names new chief executive and chairman
The Amsterdam-based European Climate Exchange has named the former head of LCH.Clearnet, Patrick Burley, as its new chief executive.
New CFTC commissioners confirmed
The US Senate last week approved Jill Sommers and Bart Chilton as commissioners in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Liffe hires business development heads
Liffe, the derivatives subsidiary of Euronext, has appointed two business development directors as a result of the merger between Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange.
Morgan Stanley IM hires Kos to head sovereign arm
Dino Kos has joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management Asia in Hong Kong as head of central banks and sovereign wealth funds.
UBS replaces global head of fixed income
Andre Esteves has been appointed global head of fixed income at UBS after the departure of predecessor Simon Bunce.
Fortis expands commodities teams with UBS hires
Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis is expanding its commodity risk group with the hire of a metals team from UBS.
Bear Stearns president quits
Warren Spector, co-president and co-chief operating officer of Bear Stearns, has become the latest and highest-ranking casualty of the failure of two of the bank's hedge funds.
White House pushes for futures fees
The Bush administration has asked the US House of Representatives to approve a proposed transaction fee on futures and options contracts.
Diederich leaves Credit Suisse for hedge fund
Stephane Diederich will join hedge fund manager Brevan Howard on September 19, after 13 years at Credit Suisse, where he was managing director, head of equity derivatives product management.
Foreign exchange - Algos a go-go
Structured products
Foreign exchange - Carry on regardless
Carry trade
Islamic finance - Structuring for sharia
Structured products
Collateral concerns
CFXOs
Islamic finance - Work in progress
Securitisation
UBS launches multistrategy commodity platform
UBS has launched an algorithmic trading platform for commodities, the UBS Commodities Portfolio Algorithmic Strategy System (Comm-PASS).
Work in progress
Securitisation