ABN Amro

In a muddle over MiFID

The EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has appeared like a bolt from the blue for most op risk managers. Should they be scared? By Duncan Wood

DrKW replaces hybrid capital head

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Ronan Donohue as head of hybrid capital to replace Mark Woolley, who quit to join Deutsche Bank in September.

Deutsche gets China derivatives licence

Deutsche Bank has become the latest institution to gain a licence to trade derivatives onshore in China. A Deutsche official in Singapore told RiskNews that the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) gave the German bank the go-ahead yesterday.

ABN Amro appoints global head of credit strategy

ABN Amro has appointed a global head of credit strategy from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW). Alison Miller joins to lead the bank’s four-strong team of credit and quantitative credit strategists.

ABN Amro wins China derivatives licence

ABN Amro last week joined the elite group of foreign banks authorised to trade foreign exchange derivatives in China after winning a licence from regulator the China Banking Regulatory Commission, reports RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .

ABN Amro launches MiniSwaps contracts

ABN Amro has launched miniature versions of interest rate swaps contracts targeted at companies, fund managers and institutions that are prevented from trading derivatives for regulatory or other reasons.

Orc customers to gain access to Citi’s trading platform

Orc Software, the Stockholm-based technology vendor that supplies systems for market-making, trading and brokerage, has signed an agreement with Citigroup to allow all its existing customers to access the Citibank automated trading platform (Cats-OS)…

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