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Axa releases largest single-tranche CDO
Axa Investment Managers this week issued a €1.3 billion managed synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO), called Aria CDO 1, the largest single-tranche deal to date.
Amex plans new ETF product
The American Stock Exchange (Amex) is working towards providing actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETF) without fully disclosing fund holdings, said Tony Baker, managing director of ETF Marketplace, Amex's ETF division.
OM appoints Asia-Pacific head
OM Technology has appointed Paul Bennett as president for the Asia-Pacific region, reports RiskNews' sister publication, Dealing With Technology .
Senators lambast CFTC for opposing OTC market regulation
US senators Dianne Feinstein (Democrat, California) and Maria Cantwell (Democrat, Washington) have attacked the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for opposing their legislation that seeks to increase the regulatory oversight of the over-the…
BNP hires in commodity derivatives, following departures
French bank BNP Paribas has made four appointments in its commodity derivatives business, following the departure of two senior members of its team last month.
Bank associations hit out at Basel II failings
International banking bodies have hit out at perceived failings in the final version of the Basel II capital Accord, published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on June 26.
Merrill boss adds ex-colleagues
Merrill Lynch's new global foreign exchange chief, Stephen Kemp, has hired three former colleagues from Morgan Stanley, the bank he left last April to join Merrill, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
GNI adds to spot platform
UK broker GNI, a division of alternative investment provider Man Group, goes live today with two more currency pairs on its online platform GNI Touch's spot forex trading module, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
BNP Paribas hires forex derivatives trader
Carl Nabar has joined French bank BNP Paribas in New York as a senior foreign exchange derivatives trader.
Deutsche snaps up former Barclays credit research analysts
Gary Jenkins and Jim Reid, who both recently left Barclays Capital, are to join Deutsche Bank in London. Jenkins will become European head of credit research and fundamental strategy, with Reid joining him as a European credit strategist. Reid will start…
Orc customers to gain access to Citi’s trading platform
Orc Software, the Stockholm-based technology vendor that supplies systems for market-making, trading and brokerage, has signed an agreement with Citigroup to allow all its existing customers to access the Citibank automated trading platform (Cats-OS)…
DTCC introduces real-time trade-matching service
The New York-based Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has introduced real-time trade-matching (RTTM) services for corporate and municipal bonds and unit investment trusts (UITs), a move it called a significant step in the industry’s…
Barclays Capital hires five in the Americas
London-based Barclays Capital has made five appointments to its corporate risk management and derivatives group.
BofE’s ‘Black Wednesday’ forex chief joins hedge fund
William Allen, the Bank of England’s foreign exchange chief during ‘Black Wednesday’ in 1992, has joined a hedge fund.
Prmia opens six new chapters
The Professional Risk Managers International Association (Prmia) has opened six new offices with a new regional director named to lead each of them. The new offices are in San Francisco and Vancouver in North America; Munich, Athens and Istanbul in…
‘What is Risk management?’ ask Risk USA speakers
The way banks and other financial institutions think about – and sometimes misinterpret – their risk management function formed the main theme of the opening keynote speeches at this year’s Risk USA conference.