Crédit Agricole
Calyon appoints Lainé head of Asia fixed income
Calyon, the corporate and investment banking arm of Credit Agricole, has promoted Frédéric Lainé to head of fixed-income markets for Asia, excluding Japan.
Calyon appoints new head of structured finance
Jean-François Marchal has been made head of the structured finance division at Calyon, and a member of the investment bank’s executive and management committees.
Calyon names credit head
Neal Neilinger has joined Calyon in London as global head of the credit business, part of the bank's debt and credit markets division. He will report to the global head of debt and credit markets, Jim Siracusa.
Société Générale and Calyon launch new brokerage
Société Générale and Calyon have merged the brokerage activities of their respective subsidiaries, Fimat and Calyon Financial, and launched a new brokerage house called Newedge, based in Paris. The two banks will equally control Newedge and have…
Another CDO head leaves Calyon
Edouard Bremond, previously global head of cash collateralised debt obligation (CDO) structuring, has left Calyon.
Calyon rebuilds Asian equity derivatives team
French bank Calyon has made several sales appointments to its Asian equity and fund derivatives team since June, following the departure of a number of senior executives in the first half of the year.
New commodity and structured credit heads at Calyon
Calyon has named Martin Fraenkel as its new global head of commodities and Benjamin Jacquard as global head of structured products, both based in London.
Senior duo leaves Calyon after €250 million rogue trade
Two of Calyon’s most senior bankers have departed following the discovery of a rogue credit derivatives index trade earlier this month.
Rogue traders cost Calyon $358 million
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Rating agencies unmoved by Calyon’s rogue trade
Standard and Poor’s, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service have all affirmed their ratings and ratings outlooks for Calyon and its parent company following the disclosure of a large rogue trade.
SocGen and Calyon agree to merge derivatives brokerages
Société Générale and Calyon have signed an agreement to merge their futures and options brokerages, Fimat and Calyon Financial.
Goldie-Morrison named chief executive of Calyon Americas
Calyon has appointed Duncan Goldie-Morrison as chief executive of Calyon Americas.
Calyon names new CDO chief
Benjamin Jacquard has joined Calyon in London as global head of credit markets and collateralised debt obligation (CDO) structuring.
Calyon bolsters global high-yield team
Calyon has added to its global high-yield team by hiring David Weinstein and Stephen Elliott.
Calyon names Chien as Taiwan capital markets head
Calyon has named Eric Chien as head of capital markets for Taiwan.
SG and Calyon announce brokerage merger intentions
Paris-based banks Calyon and Société Générale confirmed they plan to merge their futures and options brokering subsidiaries, Calyon Financial and Fimat.
Calyon launches fund-convertible bond
Calyon has issued €50 million of a new convertible bond based on shares in an equity fund, the first of its kind.
HSBC appoints global head of exotics
HSBC Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets has appointed Laurent Boscherel to the newly created position of global head of exotics, within its global structured equity business.
Calyon names Dubois as Asian derivatives head
Cedric Dubois is moving to Hong Kong as head of equity and fund derivatives for Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank.
Byers leaves UBS for Calyon structured credit role
Paul Byers has joined Calyon as head of structured credit sales for Europe and the Middle East in London. He joins after 13 years working for UBS, where he was most recently responsible for structured credit sales in the German and Austrian markets.
Calyon and Forsyth Barr launch first retail credit CPPI in New Zealand
The first credit product offered to retail investors in New Zealand using constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) techniques has been launched by French bank Calyon and Forsyth Barr, a New Zealand stockbroking and investment advisory firm.
In the frame
Seven of the industry's top op risk executives debated framework implementation at a recent roundtable discussion in New York, moderated by Ellen Davis and sponsored by enterprise-wide risk solution firm FRS
Santander appoints new quants head
Banco Santander Central Hispano has hired François Friggit as head of quants, for interest rates and hybrid products at the bank’s headquarters in Madrid.
StanChart appoints three in FX and rates
Standard Chartered has made three new appointments to its foreign currency options and interest rates derivatives desks based in London.