DrKW recruits options trader

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Christopher Sandford to trade Asian local market foreign exchange options in Singapore, reports RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .

He reports to Linen Yien, head of local markets Asia-Pacific, who is located in the same centre. Sandford joins the bank from Calyon – heritage Credit Agricole Indosuez – where he was an emerging markets forex trader in Singapore.

Eddie Listorti, head of sales and trading for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan in Singapore, said Dresdner would continue adding to its local market Asia team in the coming months, although a spokesperson for the bank declined to provide numbers.