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Citadel hires derivatives portfolio manager
Thomas Vergnaud has joined Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel as a portfolio manager with responsibility for derivatives strategy.
CDSs on Chinese financials tighten on positive corporate results
The cost of credit protection on Chinese banks fell this morning as a series of positive results for Chinese corporates boosted the Shanghai Composite Index 2.78% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index 2.76% in overnight trading.
Exposure to eastern Europe hurts German bank CDSs
The cost of credit protection on many European banks has risen on concern over their exposure to deteriorating economic conditions in eastern Europe.
Dahinden, Mazzocchi, Silvotti leave RBS
Three senior structured credit bankers have left Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in London, not long after two of them joined the firm from Dresdner Kleinwort.
Dresdner derivatives head steps down
Marc Michallet, the London-based head of the financial solutions group for Europe at Dresdner Kleinwort, has left the bank.
Dresdner Kleinwort strengthens equity and credit derivatives teams
Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment arm of Dresdner Bank, has added new London-based staff to its equity and credit derivatives business.
Dresdner makes hires in rates flow trading
Dresdner Kleinwort has added a number of staff in rates flow trading, including a new head of interest rates flow trading.
RenCap takes Dresdner global debt capital markets head
Petri Kivinen, London-based global head of debt capital markets at Dresdner Kleinwort, will join emerging markets investment bank Renaissance Capital in September.
Dresdner's head of global finance quits
Garrett Curran, head of Dresdner Kleinwort’s global finance group, left the bank today.
Dresdner hires two new group heads
Dresdner Kleinwort has created a securitised finance and an investor solutions group, and appointed two new business heads to manage them.
Dresdner Kleinwort continues to hire in hedge fund drive
Roberto Morelli has joined Dresdner Kleinwort as head of hedge fund sales for equities into Europe, as part of a recruitment drive across asset classes aimed at attracting more hedge fund business.
Dresdner hires in Japan
Dresdner Kleinwort has appointed Joseph Kraft as head of capital markets for Japan, succeeding Jean-François Minier, chief executive of Asia-Pacific, who has been acting head since July 2006.
RBS appoints former Dresdner derivatives head
Matteo Mazzocchi, former global head of equity and credit derivatives at Dresdner Kleinwort, has moved to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Dresdner Kleinwort makes forex hires
Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has made a number of new additions to its foreign exchange team.
US property slowdown could increase risk for CDOs
Decelerating house price inflation and competition among commercial mortgage lenders could hurt US structured credit products, according to a Dresdner Kleinwort report.
London-based UBS structurer departs
Jamil Ghalayini, London-based foreign exchange structurer at UBS, has left the bank.
Dresdner Kleinwort names new head of equity and credit derivatives
Mark Richardson has joined Dresdner Kleinwort in London as head of equity and credit derivatives.
Dresdner offers Ucits III-compliant volatility tracker funds
Dresdner Bank’s investment banking unit, Dresdner Kleinwort, and its private bank Kleinwort Benson, plan to launch two new equity volatility tracker funds in the next month. The funds will be listed via Dresdner Kleinwort’s Gresham defined funds platform…
Commerzbank names head of structured credit trading
Mehmet Artun has joined Commerzbank as head of structured credit trading.