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BNP Paribas adds to energy derivatives team
BNP Paribas has hired two energy derivatives traders from JP Morgan Chase. Larry Felske joins BNP’s commodity-indexed transactions group as a director of natural gas options trading in New York, and Olivier Knight joins BNP’s London desk as an oil…
Danske continues forwards drive
Den Danske Bank has recruited foreign exchange forwards dealer Barry Smith in London as part of the bank’s bid to rebuild its forwards desk, said Matthew Couch, Den Danske's chief dealer for money markets forwards.
Citigroup names new global head of FX options
Citigroup has made Steven Reiter global head of foreign exchange options, replacing Ian Robertson, who filled the post temporarily after the departure of former options head Jack Jeffery in December.
Deutsche hires boost Iberia derivatives coverage
Deutsche Bank has poached Juan Jose Macias from Barclays Capital and Virilo Moro from Dresdner Kleinwort Wassertstein (DrKW) to boost its derivatives business in Spain and Portugal, following its earlier hire of Mariano Aldama as head of debt captial…
DrKW appoints new deputy head of equity derivatives trading
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has expanded its equity derivatives business with the hire of Areski Iberrakene as its deputy head of equity derivatives trading. He is due to join the bank next week.
Lim bows out as Merrill EMEA fixed-income head
Merrill Lynch’s European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) fixed-income head TJ Lim has resigned, a move some observers believe is the result of his being passed over for promotion when the US investment bank reshuffled its debt division late last year.
Prosecutions of Enron staff highly unlikely, says ex-employee
A senior ex-Enron employee at the heart of the scandal that led to history's largest corporate bankruptcy told RiskNews' sister publication Energy & Power Risk Management that he expects no prosecution to be brought against Enron staff.
Deutsche to offer ALM research
Deutsche Bank has hired David Prieul and Vladyslav Putiatin from Lehman Brothers to provide asset liability management (ALM) strategy research to its customers.
Cantor's Fry to head TradeSpark
Harry Fry has stepped up from his position as managing director of Cantor Fitzgerald’s energy derivatives and market data business to become president of TradeSpark, the electronic energy commodity market-place formed by Cantor and its online brokerage…
Crédit Lyonnais boosts Asian team
French bank Crédit Lyonnais has made three new appointments to its Asian derivatives operations, as part of a drive to boost its interest rates teams in the region.
DrKW adds to credit derivatives team
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired two ex-Gen Re staff to boost its credit derivatives team in New York.
WestLB raids HSBC to rebuild New York forex
Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) is rebuilding its New York forex division with a raid on HSBC resulting in two senior management hires.
Deutsche Bank adds institutional sales staff in London
Deutsche Bank has added several staff with hedge fund derivatives sales experience and shifted several more within its institutional client group in New York and London.
FrontPoint hires equity arbitrage strategy team
US investment management firm FrontPoint Partners has hired a three-man quantitative equity arbitrage team aimed at developing an investment strategy generating low volatility absolute returns using liquid and risk-controlled methodologies.
Raeburn named new ACT chief
The UK's Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) has named ex-KPMG partner Richard Raeburn as its new chief executive.
Nordea snares Andreasen and Bangert to boost exotics
Nordea Markets, the investment banking arm of pan-Nordic bank Nordea, has made two key hires as part of its bid to boost complex derivatives activities.
BNP boosts Asia-Pacific fixed-income derivatives team
French bank BNP Paribas has made three new hires to its Asia-Pacific interest rate derivatives trading team in Singapore.
FASB names Robert Herz new chairman
Robert Herz, a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, has been named as the new chairman of the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the body responsible for derivatives Financial Accounting Standard 133.
Volcker challenges the benefits of financial engineering
Paul Volcker, US Federal Reserve chairman between 1979 and 1987 and present chair of the Independent Oversight Board for embattled Enron auditor Arthur Andersen, has said he is "ambivalent" about the value of financial engineering to the US economy.
JP Morgan restructures credit and interest rate operations
JP Morgan Chase is creating a global credit management group, incorporating credit risk management, corporate banking and credit lending. The new division is intended to reflect a market trend away from differentiating between different debt instruments…
Credit Agricole Indosuez boosts credit derivatives team in Asia
Credit Agricole Indosuez has hired Medes Ma as credit trading manager in its credit derivatives team in Hong Kong, according to Loïc Fery, head of credit derivatives Asia.
AIB appoints 'special' risk management adviser
Allied Irish Banks has appointed a 'special adviser' on risk management in the wake of fraud investigations into its US subsidiary Allfirst, which lost almost $700 million in currency trading.
Dresdner hires new director in hedge fund sales group
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein has hired Jean Pierre Engele as a director in its equity hedge fund sales team.
CDC Ixis hires two ex-Gen Re staff
CDC Ixis Capital Markets has hired two ex-Gen Re staff to its structured derivatives and derivatives marketing teams.