Articles by Natasha Rega-Jones
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
In Netherlands vs Deutsche Bank, bets are on Deutsche
A decision is looming on Dutch appeal after being denied payment on interest rates gone negative
Meet Simon, Luma and Halo (they trade structured products)
Shiny new platforms want to introduce structured products to an unsuspecting US public
Use-cases for Mifid II data prove elusive
Banks running market share analysis from trade reports, but data quality hampering other projects
Shallow liquidity threatens Saron momentum
Swaps on Swiss Libor successor gain traction, but lack of cash products poses liquidity hurdle
Priips plans draw stony response from industry
Official proposals fail to allay fears over “misleading” projections of returns in key information document
Mifid data publishers drag feet on Esma guidelines
Four publishers yet to align post-trade data format with Q&A issued eight months ago
Switzerland moves ahead with backward-looking term rate
Lack of forward visibility in proposed rate provokes concern among corporates
Non-payment insurance grows as banks shun stuttering CDS market
Credit portfolio managers explore insurance contracts to offset risk from loan book
Brexit clouds future for Euribor and Eonia in UK
Clashing deadlines threaten to scuttle rates, but ‘in-flight files’ bill might save them
People moves: SocGen adds in prime services, Deutsche fills new rates hole, HSBC makes model move, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Industry lukewarm on proposed ‘quick fixes’ to Priips rules
Many fear performance scenarios will remain misleading and expose providers to mis-selling claims
BNPP US linear rates head to join NatWest Markets
Eric Duclos moves from French bank to run linear rates trading
Structured product platforms take off in Asia
Multi-dealer platforms Contineo and FinIQ seek to replicate success in Europe’s fragmented market
HSBC hires Credit Suisse European rates head
Olivier Herregods joins UK bank to run Emea flow rates
Banks scan chat and web for trading intel
Market-makers seek new signals on volatility and direction via natural language processing
Libor to become third-country benchmark under no-deal Brexit
UK-based reference rate would need to gain EU approval by end-2019 to avoid “unthinkable” disruption