JP Morgan
IASB includes liquidity premium in new insurance accounting proposals
Exposure draft brings convergence with Solvency II but stops short of full market consistency
New chairman and board for ORX
Mignola new chair of Operational Risk data eXchange
Banks face suit from US fund over mis-sold subprime loans
Fifteen banks accused of mis-selling mortgage-backed securities
Trading positions – August 2010
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Dealer-led market may be disrupted by Dodd-Frank
Banks could lose margins and competitive edge as a result of derivatives reforms in Dodd-Frank Act
JP Morgan commodity staff cuts won’t spread, but Europe recruitment slows
The recent commodity desk cull at JP Morgan is unlikely to be the start of an industry-wide trend, but the aggressive commodities build-outs from investment banks have slowed in Europe
JP Morgan in global commodities staff cull
US investment bank JP Morgan has made cuts to accommodate the integration of the RBS Sempra commodities business.
JP Morgan hires StanChart's Flavel in Asian high-net-worth push
Peter Flavel is expected to join JP Morgan Private Wealth Management Asia in the fourth quarter as part of US bank's expansion in the region
BarCap hires Schwartz as Americas risk solutions co-head
Former corporate adviser will join from JP Morgan in October
Lee reappears at Deutsche Bank as head of GMIP and db-X, Asia
Chris Lee has taken over global market investment products and the db-x division in Asia for Deutsche Bank. Formerly head of the structured products group at UBS, Lee started at Deutsche in the last week of June.
Robert W Baird: succeeding through caution
Setting up a business just before a global financial crisis hits is not ideal, but Robert W Baird’s structured products business, set up in 2007, has survived the turmoil by sticking to conservative products and avoiding the more complex deals offered by…
World Cup trades hit fever pitch
As the dust settles on the World Cup and those that bought televisions on the basis that their national football team would win the tournament wonder how to match their rash expenditure with reality, Richard Jory reviews the copious research supporting…
MCEV – the quest for market consistency
After the extreme volatility of 2008 spoiled the MCEV launch party, investors have been understandably wary of the way some firms have taken a hardline stance on market consistency. Now the variance in how non-hedgable risks are assessed is what is…
Asian demand spurs commodities boom
Asian demand for commodities continues to be insatiable. Alex Davis looks at how western investment banks are looking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growth
Northern exposures
Nordea tops this year's Nordic Risk derivatives rankings
Asian traders lukewarm to renminbi despite US dollar-depeg
Asian exporters and importers are waiting to see more investment and hedging instruments for offshore renminbi before adopting the currency for trading