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RBS makes senior rates hire
Royal Bank of Scotland’s financial markets division has appointed Chris Fleming as head of rates flow and liquid products sales.
RBS appoints head of inflation trading
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Chris Thomas as head of sterling inflation trading and deputy head of its inflation trading business.
Isda publishes Asia ex-Japan equity derivatives agreement
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a master equity derivatives confirmation agreement contract for inter-dealer trades in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan.
Greenspan fears investor backlash against hedge funds and CDOs
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan believes investors' pursuit of improving yields by investing in hedge funds and complex investment products – notably collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) – may spark a backlash when the results fail to perform…
Risk USA 2005: Fund-of-funds better for investors, ego drives individual fund investment
A panel at the Risk USA 2005 conference in Boston argued that many investors in hedge funds would be better served by investing in fund-of-funds, rather than individual funds.
Risk USA 2005: Panel debates gulf between research and practice
Alongside several practitioners, John Hull, professor of derivatives and risk management at the University of Toronto, discussed the divide between the development of quantitative models and their actual use by traders, at the Risk USA 2005 conference in…
Risk USA 2005: Bank of America's Moulds highlights changing risks
One of the biggest challenges the derivatives industry faces is associated with technological development, said Jonathan Moulds, head of international markets at Bank of America, during a keynote address at Risk ’s annual Risk USA conference in Boston…
Fixed income specialists quit JP Morgan for BoA
Bank of America has bolstered its European commercial paper (ECP) business in London with five senior hires, all from JP Morgan Chase.
Risk USA 2005: Hedge funds discuss current risk challenges
Hedge fund risk managers participating in a panel discussion at the Risk USA 2005 conference in Boston this morning said investors in hedge funds might be better protected by a larger population of fund chief risk officers (CRO), rather than increased…
Hull and White to collaborate with SunGard
Two of the leading academics in derivatives and risk management research, John Hull and Alan White, are working with the Reech unit of US-based vendor, SunGard, to develop a new structured credit pricing suite.
FSA director Huey Evans quits to head hedge fund unit
Gay Huey Evans, currently the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) director of markets, is to leave the UK regulator to join hedge fund manager Tribeca Global Management, on September 1.
Barclays hires Meli as head of US structured credit
Barclays Capital has hired Jeff Meli as director and head of US structured credit and quantitative strategy in New York .
Dresdner launches German carbon dioxide structured product
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has issued the first German retail structured product linked to the fledgling emissions trading market.
RBS hires head of high yield trading
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Brent Eastburg as head of high yield trading in its capital markets unit.
Risk management for investors
Introduction
Changing of the guard
Deutsche Bank has knocked JP Morganoff the top spot, winning first place inthis year’s survey of asset managers.But Goldman Sachs is close behind,moving up to second place in thisyear’s poll. By Patrick Fletcher,research by Glenn Leihner-Guarin
Testing the waters
Pension funds
Changing of the guard
Institutional investor end-user survey
Refining risk taking
Pension fund profile
Dow Jones granted temporary restraining order against ISE
The New York-based International Securities Exchange (ISE) has been temporarily barred from listing and trading options on DIAMONDS, a unit investment trust referencing securities from the Dow Jones Industrial Average index.
Newly promoted Polverino quits JP Morgan for Merrill Lynch
Antonio Polverino, whom JP Morgan appointed as head of corporate derivatives marketing in March, has jumped ship to take a similar position at Merrill Lynch.
Avoiding complexity
Investor profile – GIC
Avoiding complexity
Investor profile – GIC
All shook up
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