Barclays Capital loses two senior equity derivatives staff

Head of European flow and head of exotics depart in Barclays Capital downsizing.

Barclays Capital has parted company with two of its senior London-based equity derivatives traders as part of a global reduction in the bank's workforce. Nick Nassuphis, head of equity exotics and structured products trading, and Regis Loeb, head of European volatility trading, left the bank earlier this week.

In late November, Barclays Capital confirmed it had begun a consultation process in the UK to reduce head count. This week's departures, which are understood to have been accompanied by a