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NAB sets up structured products desk in Singapore

National Australia Bank’s investment bank, nabCapital, has hired Peter Zeitsch as a director to build a structured products business in Singapore. He was previously head of correlation trading at Singapore bank DBS.

Wachovia appoints Phelan as CRO

Kenneth Phelan has been appointed chief risk officer at Wachovia against the backdrop of increased financial turmoil and a possible merger with Morgan Stanley.

RBS adds in Italy and Germany

Luca Vari and Oliver Dietz have joined Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking & Markets structured product and solutions sales team in Italy and Germany respectively. Both appointments are subject to the completion of FSA registration.

Deutsche hire Ye as head of rates trading in China

Deutsche Bank has appointed Charlie Ye as a managing director and head of global rates trading in China. Ye who is based in Shanghai is responsible for growing the German bank’s renminbi-denominated interest rate products suite, expanding the local…

Macquarie strengthens retail distribution in Australia

Macquarie Funds Group has appointed Irene Deutsch as Australian head of retail distribution in the retail structured products division. Deutsch, who has rejoined the Australian bank after two years, will be responsible for the distribution of structured…

Fannie and Freddie CDS to settle at October auction

The auction process to settle credit default swap (CDS) contracts written against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will take place in the first week of October, Risk has learned, although losses on the agreements are likely to be minor for most counterparties.

Axa names fixed-income CIO

Chris Iggo, formerly a senior strategist on the investment strategy team, has been appointed Axa Investment Managers’ chief investment officer of fixed income, a newly created position.

RBS creates FI sales head post for Asia ex-Japan

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Manish Mahajan in a newly created role as head of sales for financial institutions (FI) for Asia excluding Japan. He joins from Deutsche Bank in Singapore, where he was head of rates sales and strategic solutions…

RBS names head of forex trading, Americas

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Christiane Mandell as head of foreign exchange (forex) and local markets trading for the Americas, based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Fitch nears end of global CDO review

Almost a year on from its global collateralised debt obligation (CDO) ratings embargo, Fitch Ratings is months away from determining the final status of ratings on hundreds of corporate CDOs.

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