Goldman Sachs

Merrill hires three for commodities group

Diego Parilla has joined Merrill Lynch from Goldman Sachs to head a new commodity solutions group. Two of Parilla’s former colleagues at Goldman, Kamal Gajree and Achim Traut, are joining him at Merrill’s new group in London.

Goldman launches Barx rival

Goldman Sachs has followed in Barclays Capital’s footsteps by launching an electronic trading platform on Bloomberg for interest rate derivatives.

Merrill nabs Goldman’s Munari

Alvise Munari, Goldman Sachs’ former European head of equity and interest rate structuring, has left to join Merrill Lynch, where he has been appointed to a new position with responsibility for equity-linked product marketing.

Goldman Sachs Looks Ahead

As global head of technology and operations for Goldman Sachs, Randy Cowen reveals his thoughts on next year's IT budget, hiring versus outsourcing, today's uncertain future, and what keeps him awake at night.

Merrill Lynch snaps up Entergy-Koch

Merrill Lynch is set to acquire the energy trading businesses of Entergy-Koch Trading (EKT), a venture of New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation and Wichita's Koch Industries.

Merrill makes additions to EMEA equity-linked group

Merrill Lynch has made a number of appointments to its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) equity-linked group in London. All will report directly or indirectly to Harry Lengsfield, head of EMEA global markets.

VAR: ready to explode?

The SEC plans to force US securities firms to tighten up their value-at-risk reporting. Its decision comes as VAR at the world’s leading financial services firms soared an average 25.8% last year. Who are the biggest risk-takers, and are risk managers…

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)…

DrKW appoints quant trading team

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has created a new quantitative trading team in London. It started trading this month and focuses on statistical arbitrage strategies.

Straits Lion joins ranks of CDO managers

Straits Lion Asset Management has joined the growing ranks of Singaporean asset managers active in the synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO) market, following the launch of an Asian credit-dominated investment grade CDO arranged by Goldman Sachs.

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