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New York Fed appoints Krieger to lead new credit risk management group
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has created a new payments policy and credit risk management group. The bank has appointed Sandra Krieger to lead it, and she will also become a member of the bank’s management committee.
JP Morgan hires in credit correlation
JP Morgan has hired Olivier Vigneron, former global head of structured credit risk management at BNP Paribas in London.
UniCredit snaps up TJ Lim and NewSmith credit advisory
UniCredit has bought London-based credit advisory NewSmith Financial Products (NSFP) and appointed chief executive TJ Lim as its new co-head of markets.
SEC moves to reduce reliance on credit ratings
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Markit appoints head of bespoke index service
London-based data provider Markit has hired Scott Stark as a director in its index division, leading a new bespoke index service.
Convertible arbitrage falls out of favour as market confidence falters
Convertible arbitrage
Special situations strategy benefits from volatile economic conditions
Special Situations
Eighth European Performance Awards 2008
European Performance Awards 2008
RBC expands structured products in Latin America
RBC Capital Markets has appointed Flavio Paparella as director and head of institutional structured products sales for Latin America, marking a further expansion for the bank in the region.
Carbon traders connect
Over 1,000 delegates signed up to the Environmental Risk carbon trading e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk on May 28. Roderick Bruce looks at some of the highlights
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
Marty Malinow
Newly crowned WRMA president Marty Malinow tells David Watkins that there's fewer than six degrees of separation between life, business and the weather markets
A meeting of minds
Now in its 12th year, the Energy Risk USA conference in Houston once again brought together key figures in the energy industry to debate the hottest topics. The Energy Risk team reports