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Barclays hires two for Latin America credit trading

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has hired Michael McGowan and Ronaldo Lyrio as directors of credit trading for Latin America, as part of the bank’s effort to grow its presence in the region.

BNP Paribas appoints new head of credit

BNP Paribas has appointed Brian Lazell as head of credit markets for the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. The post is based in Hong Kong, and Lazell will report to David Ovendon, global head of credit.

IRC increases drive for hedge fund disclosure

The Investor Risk Committee (IRC), part of the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), has added three members to its steering group, in a move to increase its work on encouraging hedge fund disclosure and transparency.

BofA names global head of forex trading

Bank of America (BofA) has hired Larry Baum to manage its global spot, forwards and proprietary foreign exchange trading business. The post has been vacant since December, when Richard Breslow, former global head of forex trading, left after more than…

IKB chooses Trema’s Finance KIT

Trema, a Stockholm-based financial services IT vendor and management consultancy whose clients include the European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank and the Czech Republic’s ING Investment Management today announced that IKB Deutsche Industriebank had…

DrKW hires global equities director in Tokyo

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Hiroyuki Uno as director and senior marketer of global equities in Tokyo. He will head a team of derivatives marketers that will primarily focus on marketing equity derivatives products to financial…

Icap looks to buy First Broker Securities

Icap, the world's largest inter-dealer broker, is in discussions to buy First Broker Securities, the New York-based interdealer broker specialising in US-denominated corporate debt and high-yield bonds, according to an Icap spokesman.

Two new board members for CBOE

Craig Messinger, executive vice president of Boston-based Fidelity Capital Markets, and Thomas Patrick, a managing director at Merrill Lynch, have been appointed to the board of directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). They replace two…

RMS offers indexes for structuring weather derivatives

Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a California-based weather risk software and data firm, has started publishing regional weather indexes for the US on its website, www.climetrix.com. The indexes provide the weather derivatives market with a new benchmark…

BHP Billiton buys into weatherXchange

Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has bought a 7.5% stake in weatherXchange, an online weather derivatives data service, set up by the UK’s Meteorological Office and London-based Umbrella Brokers in June last year. BHP Billiton has an option to…

SunGard acquires EnFORM Technology

SunGard Trading and Risk Systems today announced that it has acquired EnFORM Technology, a Houston-based technology-consulting firm that provides custom software applications for companies operating in the energy and telecommunications industries.

Bank of America to roll out derivatives system

Bank of America (BofA) is building a new derivatives trading platform called Advantage, which will be deployed in its Chicago, London, and Tokyo offices. It is also developing new trading floors in London’s Canary Wharf, New York, and Charlotte, North…

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