NatWest Group
Dealers seek clearing exemption for new TriOptima service
TriOptima’s new risk mitigation system, triBalance, is a big hit among dealers – but it faces a regulatory death sentence
People: Three axed over JP Morgan trading losses
CIO traders leave JP Morgan - the bank also creates new division, reshuffling top management; Deutsche hires Houari from Barclays; deputy fixed-income head leaves Nomura; new hedge fund hires top quant; Citi boost credit sales and trading
UK banks face up to SME swap misselling claims
Sales of the unexpected
SG's head of cross-asset private banking sales exits
Departure of Janice Yu from the French bank is latest example of consolidation in the Asian derivatives sector
Rare Euro Stoxx 50 structured product launched in the UK
Eurostoxx 50 Supertracker offers UK structured product investors geared exposure to European equities
Risk 25: Banks prepare for a low-RWA future
Weight loss: preparing for a low-RWA future
US large exposures rule could stop banks trading with RBS
Federal Reserve proposals limiting counterparty risk could put RBS and the UK government in one pot – potentially forcing US banks to cut exposure to both
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Investec launches commission-free FTSE 100 plans
Commission-free kickout
People: UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche
UBS bolsters equity derivatives team
Product providers in eurozone periphery face stiff challenge from bonds
Bonds beef up in southern Europe
RBS IT problems stretch into third week
Customer lockout continues at Ulster Bank
On the move
On the move
JP Morgan loss highlights lack of risk experts on bank committees
A committed committee?
UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche to bolster equity derivatives
Shane Edwards is joining the UBS equity derivatives team in London. His appointment follows that of Roger Naylor, who was named global head of equity derivatives at the Swiss bank earlier this month
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Improving risk governance throughout the organisation
Meteor hires Stuff to lead listed product distribution
David Stuff has joined Meteor Investment Solutions only weeks after leaving the UK structured products team at Royal Bank of Scotland
Banks continue to ramp up in offshore RMB
Top-tier banks are continuing to invest in their offshore renminbi trading capabilities, despite the recent dip in Chinese growth and the challenge of persuading clients to use the new currency and boost liquidity
CIMB nabs Royal Bank of Scotland’s Asia Pac CRO
Malaysian bank beefs up its risk management capabilities with recruitment of RBS chief risk officer
Swedish names make appearance in latest SEC structured product filings
Swedish wealth manager Garantum Fondkommissionen and Swedish Export Credit Corporation returned to the US structured products market last week
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Efficient hedging – Using market distortion to your advantage
Lookback
Lookback
Exchange-traded sliced and diced
ETNs and ETFs: going head to head
People: Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund