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Deutsche unveils IT 'vision' for derivatives
Deutsche Bank has started a radical overhaul of its derivatives technology that, internally, it is calling its 'vision programme’ for derivatives. The bank has now entered the first six months of an ambitious three-year programme designed to overhaul the…
DrKW adds to sales and marketing in Singapore
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Dahai Wang as a vice-president in its sales and marketing team in Singapore.
A secure base
Long praised as pioneers in the energy derivatives space, US energy firms are now looking to make their overall risk management practices more robust. And, as Paul Lyon discovers, these companies have several innovations up their sleeves, such as…
Deutsche names new structured products head
Marc Badrichani has joined Deutsche Bank in London as head of the corporate structuring group for Europe.
More power to the banks
Banks now have greater freedom to participate in derivatives markets based on physical commodities thanks to two recent ruling by US regulators. As a result, the balance of power looks set to shift from Houston to New York. By Paul Lyon
Long-only fund managers will adopt hedge fund techniques, says DB researcher
Many arbitrage techniques currently used by hedge fund managers will move into the long fund community, according to Leigh Baxandall, global head of equity derivatives strategy at Deutsche Bank in London.
Bear Stearns hires head of fixed-income trading in Japan
Bear Stearns has hired Raymond Wong as a senior managing director and head of fixed-income trading for Asia and Japan.
Deutsche boosts commodities business in Asia
Deutsche Bank has hired Richard Ng as vice-president and commodities marketer for the bank’s global markets business unit in Singapore.
A race to the finish
The Basel Committee's third consultative paper contained few surprises. Regulators are nowfocusing on implementation, despite banks' major concerns about the treatment of riskmitigation techniques.
Colonial First State loses head of hedge funds
Damien Hatfield, head of hedge funds at Australia’s Colonial First State, one of the country’s leading investment managers, has left the firm to set up a joint venture company.
Deutsche hires Blyth to run rates arbitrage unit
In the latest example of a growing industry trend, Deutsche Bank has set up a new proprietary trading unit, to be run by Stephen Blyth, which will specialise in interest rates' relative value and arbitrage. Europe is currently believed to be particularly…
More dealers sign up to new credit derivatives matching service
BNP Paribas, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs and UBS Warburg are the latest dealers to sign up to a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service, which the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch…
BNP Paribas hires Australian credit specialist from Deutsche
French banking group BNP Paribas has hired Pierre Katerdjian to join its credit and rates marketing group in Australia. Katerdjian, who joins from Deutsche Bank where he traded Australian credit derivatives, will start on June 2.
German mortgage consortium to manage risk with Fermat
German mortgage bank Eurohypo has bought Paris-based Fermat’s risk management suite for regulatory risk, credit risk and asset and liability management.
JP Morgan Chase hires Asian credit and rates MD
JP Morgan Chase has snatched Kelvin Wong from Deutsche Bank, appointing him as a managing director in the credit and rates business and head of credit sales in Asia ex-Japan.
International banks have stronghold in Italian derivatives market
The first survey of Italian derivatives dealers conducted by Risk Italia , the Italian language edition of Risk , found that international banks have a stronghold in the Italian derivatives market. But the results were also encouraging for Italian banks,…
Deutsche Bank hires head of institutional sales in Asia
Deutsche Bank has hired Denis McCarthy as director and head of institutional sales, Asia, for its global equity derivatives business.
Classical volatility estimator may become unreliable, says Deutsche
Increased levels of intra-day volatility in the US interest rate derivatives market could make traditional approaches to estimating volatility unreliable, according to research by Deutsche Bank.
Leading dealers sign up to new CDS matching service
JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley have signed up for a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch in June.
TriOptima terminates €420 billion in rate swaps
The delayed first run of TriOptima’s swap tear-up service, TriReduce, eliminated 7,880 euro-denominated interest rate swaps with a notional value of €420 billion – or about a fifth of the notional value of the credit derivatives market.
Political uncertainty feeds US rates volatility
Despite the end of large scale hostilities in Iraq, continuing political uncertainty in the wake of the war is likely to cause increased intra-day US interest rates volatility in the short term, according to research by Deutsche Bank.
Deutsche Bank hires BoA veteran in Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank has hired Linda Fok as director and head of local corporate relationships in its global banking division in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong banks ready SARS contingency plans
Banks are readying contingency plans for FX trading in Hong Kong, as a potentially fatal pneumonia virus grips the trading centre.
Deutsche hires Letica to head agency CMO trading
Deutsche Bank has hired Nicholas Letica as head of agency collateralised mortgage obligation (CMO) trading.