Barclays
Barclays Wealth hires India head
Barclays Wealth, the private banking unit of Barclays Bank, has hired Satya Narayan Bansal as its first head of private banking in Mumbai.
Eurex to launch UK equity futures
Frankfurt-based derivatives exchange Eurex plans to list 17 sterling-denominated single-stock futures in May.
BarCap launches options on hedge fund baskets
Barclays Capital has developed a range of new option products based on underlying baskets of hedge funds.
Deutsche Bank hires Gulf head
Deutsche Bank has hired Nicholas Hegarty as head of banking for the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region.
Barclays appoints European FX sales head
Barclays Capital has appointed Richard Longmore as managing director and head of European foreign exchange sales.
Bear Stearns builds up forex presence in Hong Kong and New York
Bear Stearns has made senior appointments in Hong Kong and New York to increase its capabilities in foreign exchange derivatives and servicing hedge fund clients.
Barclays launches managed CCO
Barclays Capital has launched Everest I, a managed version of the collateralised commodity obligation (CCO) structure it has helped pioneer.
BNP hires Citi forex options head
BNP Paribas has hired a number of foreign exchange employees from rivals Citigroup and Barclays Capital, as the French bank continues a drive to increase its presence in the US and Europe.
BarCap takes eFX options trading to the next level
Barclays Capital has become the first dealer to launch live two-way streaming tradable prices for FX options, which will be rolled out to its clients during the coming months on its proprietary platform Barx.
Barclays opens first Chinese branch
Chinese regulators have granted UK bank Barclays a branch license for its Shanghai office. The license allows Barclays, including its investment banking arm Barclays Capital, to provide money market and foreign exchange services, and advise corporate…
A step up the ladder
Following Barclays' acquisition of Absa in July, the South African bank has decided to implement the advanced internal ratings-based approach to Basel II. Other banks have decided to follow suit. By Laurence Neville
BarCap takes over Duke's energy portfolio
Barclays Capital has taken on the energy portfolio of Duke Energy North America through a $700 million novation deal.
Barclays adds cross-currency swaps to Barx
Barclays Capital has added cross-currency basis swaps to its Barx service provided via the Bloomberg electronic trading platform.
Del Missier and Kvalheim named co-presidents of BarCap
Jerry del Missier and Grant Kvalheim have been named co-presidents of Barclays Capital amid wider organisational changes at the UK bank. Both will report to Robert Diamond, president of Barclays.
Barclays appoints Diamond to board
Bob Diamond, one of the architects of Barclays Capital's derivatives business, was formally appointed to the board of the Barclays Group today, and takes on the additional role of group president.
Barclays launches targets smaller trading firms in Hong Kong
Barclays today launched a new unit in Hong Kong to offer tailor-made advice to small trading companies via its wealth management unit.
Barclays launches Barx in Asia
Barclays Capital has launched Barx, its online single-dealer interest rate swaps trading platform, in the Asia-Pacific. The electronic platform will enable the region’s investors to trade US dollar and yen interest rate swaps through their Bloomberg…
Barclays Capital appoints CMBS research director
Barclays Capital has hired Hans Vrensen as head of its European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) research unit.
Private bankers buying more FX-linked structured products
Private bankers are buying an increasing number of structured products linked to currency movements in a bid to provide more attractive yields to their clients.
David Li joins Barclays quantitative group
David Li, a former quantitative researcher at Citigroup, has joined Barclays Capital in New York as its global head of quantitative analytics for credit derivatives.
Société Générale subscribes to Fitch Risk’s Opvantage
French bank Société Générale has entered into a subscription agreement with Fitch Risk to access its financial institutions risk scenario trend (First) database.
De Vitry warns of energy market regulatory pressures
Regulatory rules could adversely affect the development of a mature energy trading market, said Benoit de Vitry, global head of commodities and emerging markets rates at Barclays Capital in London, speaking at Energy Risk’s Houston conference.
Barclays poaches head of German fixed-income sales from CSFB
Omar Selim, formerly head of German fixed-income sales for Credit Suisse First Boston, is to join Barclays Capital.
Barclays appoints group risk director
UK banking conglomerate Barclays has appointed Robert Le Blanc as group risk director, succeeding Rob Nimmo, who is due to retire.