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Brickell’s name withdrawn as candidate to head Ofheo
Mark Brickell, a derivatives expert who was set to become the head of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (Ofheo), has withdrawn his name from consideration for the post. Brickell formally requested President George Bush withdraw his name…
Parsley joins PNC
William Parsley - former head of the global books trading group and co-head of North American interest rates trading group at JP Morgan Chase – has joined the PNC Financial Services Group as treasurer and chief investment officer.
DrKW adds to credit derivatives team in Tokyo
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired TJ Cheng as a vice-president in its credit derivatives and securitisation team in Tokyo.
JP Morgan Chase set to increase lead as largest US derivatives bank
JP Morgan Chase, the bank with the largest exposure to derivatives in the US, is set to increase its lead with the takeover of Bank One. The derivatives exposure of the combined banks will approach $35.5 trillion, nearly 54% of the combined value of the…
Standard Chartered poaches JP Morgan Chase veteran
Standard Chartered has hired JP Morgan Chase veteran Richard Leighton as global head of foreign exchange options in London.
JP Morgan's co-head of European equity derivatives marketing joins Merrill Lynch
JP Morgan Chase’s co-head of European equity derivatives marketing for corporates, Cristina Garcia-Peri, has left the bank to join Merrill Lynch.
Dow Jones unveils Trac-x Europe high-yield index
Dow Jones Indexes today gave details of the portfolio for the new Dow Jones Trac-x Europe high-yield index. The index consists of the 25 most liquid European high-yield credit default swaps, and contains many well-known names such as British Airways,…
Reuters adds SuperDerivatives to 3000 Xtra
Reuters has added SuperDerivatives’ currency options pricing system to its 3000 Xtra platform, as part of its efforts to boost its position in the treasury markets.
Del Fante quits JP Morgan Chase
Matteo Del Fante has quit his job as head of JP Morgan Chase’s public sector business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Del Fante, who was not available for comment, is to take a job in the Italian public sector, according to sources.
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JP Morgan Chase to spend over $100 million on new credit risk system
The executive committee of JP Morgan Chase has "essentially approved" a budget in excess of $100 million to be spent on creating a new integrated credit risk management system, according to Dennis Oakley, a managing director in the firm's credit…
JP Morgan Chase to spend over $100 million on new credit risk system
The executive committee of JP Morgan Chase has “essentially approved” a budget in excess of $100 million to be spent on creating a new integrated credit risk management system, according to Dennis Oakley, a managing director in the firm’s credit…
JP Morgan Chase plans US power trading foray
JP Morgan Chase is establishing a New York-based electricity trading desk, joining a growing number of banks that have entered the sector in the past year.
JP Morgan Chase prepares first syndicated synthetic CDO
JP Morgan Chase has taken a leaf out of the bond and loan markets by putting together the first syndicated synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO).
BarCap expands corporate risk management advising team
Barclays Capital (BarCap), the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, has hired three new staff to work in its corporate risk management and advisory team in New York.
Banks should standardise CDS indexes, says credit derivatives panel
Investment banks should be pushing for standardisation in credit default swaps (CDS) indexes, agreed a panel of credit derivatives experts at Risk ’s Credit Risk Summit Europe 2003 in London.
Refco signs up as non-bank member to JP Morgan Chase’s CLS service
Refco Capital Markets has selected JP Morgan Chase as its provider of continuous-linked settlement (CLS) services.
JP Morgan Chase hires portfolio options trader
JP Morgan Chase has re-hired Joakin Diedricks to look after global portfolio options within the foreign exchange trading group in London.
Independent third-party to take over Trac-x imminently
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are in the final stages of negotiations to hand over their credit derivatives index product Trac-x to an independent third-party. The move will happen “within a matter of days”, Andrew Palmer, head of credit derivatives…
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley launch Trac-x Asia
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have made yet another addition to the family of Trac-x global credit default swap indexes created by both firms, with the launch of Trac-x Asia.
Rothschild enters oil risk sector
Heading the senior team is Martin Fraenkel, previously managing director of JPMorgan Chase's global commodities group in London. Fraenkel has recruited hissenior team from outside Rothschild. KamalInvestment bank Rothschild has entered the oil risk…
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JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley launch Trac-x Australia
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley launched the Trac-x Australia index today, the latest addition to the Trac-x global suite of credit default swap indexes created by both firms.