Equity derivatives
Preparing for Solvency II
Solvency II: insuring for change
Global events fail to rock dispersion trades
Recent global events have not dented the popularity of dispersion trades among hedge funds, claim bankers
Goldman Sachs names Entwistle as chairman of South-east Asia
Goldman Sachs has promoted Brooks Entwistle to head South-east Asia operations at the firm and named Sonjoy Chatterjee, who joined the US bank last year after 16 years at ICICI Bank, to replace Entwistle as its new India chairman
Structured product investors hit by sharp fall in Japanese equities
Investors have likely taken hits on legacy structured trades, though bankers say it is too early to judge the full impact of the Friday earthquake on the Japanese structured equity market. There are some signs, however, that investors might already be…
EU's Libyan asset freeze casts cloud over hedge fund FM Capital
FM Capital - a UK hedge fund with ties to Libya - gets HM Treasury licence to keep trading, but dealers are wary
Blossoming retail
Blossoming retail
StanChart to repurchase HK$1.48bn of Lehman ELNs; regulatory probe continues
Standard Chartered has reached a resolution with the SFC and HKMA to repurchase HK$1.48 billion of equity linked notes issued by Lehman Brothers but admitted no liability related to mis-selling the notes. Regulators said the bank should have performed…
Barclays Capital hires Valenzuela to head equity liquid markets distribution in Asia
Barclays Capital has hired Adrian Valenzuela to to head equities liquid markets distribution, including equity flow derivatives, in Asia.
Bank risk manager of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2011
Equity derivatives house of the year: Société Générale
Risk awards 2011
Derivatives research house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2011
Insurance risk manager of the year: Metlife
Risk awards 2011
Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Risk awards 2011
Rouyere takes over global equity derivatives at Daiwa
Daiwa Capital Markets has named Martial Rouyere global head of equity derivatives in London, replacing Clarke Pitts, who has left the bank.
Turquoise eyes SOLA power for derivatives
LSE officials say they plan to create and list new derivative products, as well as challenge market share in existing contracts on other exchanges
Equity correlation and volatility move out of sync
Dealing with a break-up
Morgan Stanley adds SG’s Mehrez to EQD team
Morgan Stanley has continued its recent spate of equity derivatives hires and appointed Selim Mehrez as global head of financial engineering.
BNP Paribas' new global head of structuring for equity derivatives is named
Jean-Eric Pacini has been named as global head of structuring for equity derivatives. Based in London, he will implement principles of the new GECD organisation
Global OTC derivatives widely dispersed, Isda survey finds
Five largest US-based dealers hold 37% of total notional, trade association says
Boyle leaves equity derivatives team at Citadel
James Boyle leaves co-head of equity derivatives position at Citadel, to be replaced by Brad Kurtzman
Risk South Africa Rankings 2010
Neck and neck
Distributor profile: Samsung's novel approach to equity-linked securities
Primed for portfolios
Tradeweb launches equity derivatives platform
Tradeweb has launched an electronic equity derivatives platform in the US that offers the ability to complete transparent and timely transactions within minutes
Breaking correlation breaks
Breaking correlation breaks