UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche to bolster equity derivatives

Shane Edwards is joining the UBS equity derivatives team in London. His appointment follows that of Roger Naylor, who was named global head of equity derivatives at the Swiss bank earlier this month

Shane Edwards leaves RBS for UBS

Shane Edwards is to join the equity derivatives team at UBS in London, leaving his role as Hong Kong-based global head of structuring in investor products and equity derivatives (IPED) at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The RBS markets operation in Asia-Pacific will continue to be led by Pierre Ferland, while IPED will be headed by Christian Erb, global head of IPED and Beat von Gunten, global head of IPED sales.

Edwards, who reported to von Gunten at RBS, joined the bank in September 2005 from