Risk magazine
DTCC reveals Deriv/Serv expansion
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (TCC) has expanded its Deriv/Serv matching and confirmation service to provide support for trades in interest rate swaps and swaptions, equity swaps and variance swaps.
Barclays Capital continues to build equity derivatives unit
Barclays Capital has continued the expansion of its equity derivatives department with the appointments of Ed Ware, Javier Martin and Tetsuo Majima.
New cash CDO head at CSFB
Credit Suisse First Boston has promoted Greg Richter to co-head of its New York cash collateralised debt obligation (CDO) business, part of a wider restructuring of its CDO operations.
JP Morgan boosts currency and commodities business
JP Morgan Chase has hired five vice-presidents for its global currency and commodities unit in London.
CME to launch European HICP inflation futures
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is set to launch a European inflation futures contract based on the eurozone harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), excluding tobacco, an annual inflation measure published by Eurostat, on September 19. The contracts…
Patsystems expands derivatives presence with Tamesis takeover
Trading technology specialist Patsystems has bought the loss-making financial software company Tamesis, in a move that it expects will allow it to develop its derivatives market presence.
Ixis sets up credit proprietary trading desk
Ixis corporate and investment bank has hired two former Société Générale (SG) traders to set up a credit proprietary trading desk in London.
Edging towards hedge funds
Hedge funds
Building retail interest
Structured products
Transparency trades
Issuer profiles
BNP Paribas adds eight to corporate fixed income
BNP Paribas has added eight staff to its European fixed-income corporate group.
Tapping surplus liquidity
Asset-backed securities
Islamic finance
Introduction
Guaranteed to take the credit
Credit CPPI
Basel II costs rising, says survey
New angles
Each case on its merits
Comment
Co-monotonic default quote paths for basket evaluation
Cutting edge: Credit portfolio risk
Thinking positively
Cutting edge: Low default portfolios
Not a stock answer
Cutting edge: Low default portfolios
Hybrid equity-credit modelling
Cutting edge: Hybrid models
Investors look to super-senior risk
New angles
IAS 39 pushes Europe back to basics
New angles
Spreading the word
Profile