People
SG loses veteran global markets sales head
El-Asmar’s role being temporarily covered by markets head, Frank Drouet
People moves: UBS hires new Apac investment bank vice-chair
Also: Commerzbank’s trade finance Asia head; Blackstone nabs JPM Japan chief; and others
Citi hires Deutsche’s Americas op risk chief
Experienced op risk manager named global head of op risk for bank’s institutional clients group
People: Nex loses TriOptima COO as reboot continues
HSBC names management team for ring-fenced UK retail entity
People: US Senate confirms slate of regulatory appointees
Giancarlo confirmed as CFTC chairman, Quintenz and Behnam join as commissioners; Chatterjee and Powelson restore Ferc quorum
JP Morgan hires Credit Suisse’s FRTB lead
John Mitchell led various FRTB work streams at the Swiss bank
People moves: Hassani leaves Santander for CapGemini
Citi makes several hires; new Americas head for Barclays; ADS Securities names new COO
HSBC’s model risk chief departs
Exit follows February reshuffle of UK lender’s global risk analytics unit
People: FCA to get new head of operational risk
New head of US rates trading for Barclays; TP-Icap shakes up senior management
People moves: Hsu swaps HSBC for StanChart
Also: Instinet hires Asia-Pacific CEO, China chief for Citi, IDFC Bank names new chief exec; and others
Banks tap equities and FX staff for fixed-income fizz
BAML, HSBC, RBC, StanChart among banks transferring e-trading know-how
RBC loses senior op risk managers in wave of cuts
Senior group op risk director and US head of controls and governance among 450 to depart bank
People: Bowen to depart CFTC, Giancarlo sits nomination hearing
Changes at the CFTC; Evolution Markets launches US natural gas basis brokerage; CHS elects new CEO
People moves: ANZ makes senior changes in Apac
Also: Priestley leaves JPM; Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority staffs up; ABN Amro hires Simon Wood; and others
People: HSBC’s Karl joins Isda
OCC names new chief information officer; Nex nabs JP Morgan’s Americas head of derivatives clearing
Jeff Bandman leaves CFTC for private sector role
Former acting director of clearing and risk led negotiations with EC over CCP equivalence
Goldman’s veteran rates head moves to risk role
Three co-heads named after Pantazopoulos ends nine-year run at the head of rates group
People: Noble shuffles board in wake of Elman exit
Shell swaps trading chiefs; ex-Dreyfus head joins Cofco; Glencore adds Aberdeen’s Gilbert to board
People moves: Citi promotes Bacon to Apac investments head
Also: Natixis adds Kenneth Lee; Yin joins HSBC Private Bank; JP Morgan nabs three from Goldmans for Aus/NZ; and others
People moves: EBS makes switches in electronic forex
Citadel hires SEC director as general counsel; MUFG’s new leveraged finance head; Nomura changes India chief; and more
People: CFTC picks enforcement and legislative affairs chiefs
Other changes at Eni, Societe Generale, Danske Commodities, Glencore, Global Coal, Six plus more
People moves: Nomura’s Ashley takes on sole wholesale role
BGC Partners’ chief exec resigns; Barclays’ Kotecha moves to UBS; new liquidity role taken at JP Morgan; and more
People moves: UBS nabs Barclays’ former Asia equity head
Plus: new equity head for HSBC; ANZ adds rates strategist; Jones leaves LME; and others
Cawley quits as CEO of BGC Sef
Angelo Toglia named interim chief following Cawley's exit