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Deutsche Bank appoints European co-heads for securitised products group
Deutsche Bank has appointed Marzio Keiling and Mark Graham as co-heads of its European securitised products group. Keiling and Graham will be based in London and report to Erik Falk and Frank Byrne, co-heads of the global securitised products group.
Dresdner Kleinwort strengthens equity and credit derivatives teams
Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment arm of Dresdner Bank, has added new London-based staff to its equity and credit derivatives business.
Standard Chartered Bank appoints new global head of interest rate derivatives
Standard Chartered Bank has hired Nitin Gulabani as global head of interest rate derivatives for its wholesale banking business. Gulabani will be based in Singapore and report to Michael Bass, global head of rates and foreign exchange.
RBS expands Middle Eastern structured investor products business
RBS has appointed Nabil Kobeissi and Zineb Ayouch to its Middle Eastern structured investor products (SIP) business in London.
BNP Paribas appoints new head of ABS correlation trading
BNP Paribas has appointed Peter Nowell as head of asset-backed security (ABS) correlation trading within fixed income, as of October 17.
Basel Committee plans new default risk capital requirements
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ABN Amro chairman Groenink to quit bank
Rijkman Groenink, chairman of the managing board of ABN Amro, has announced he will step down, after 33 years of employment at the bank.
Rabobank enters Asian fund derivatives market
Rabobank has launched a four-strong Asian fund derivatives team in Hong Kong, aimed at providing Asian investors with structured fund products that are insulated against some of the risk of a sudden downturn.
BNP hires equity flow and finance traders
BNP Paribas has added six people to its London equity and derivatives division.
Bear Stearns adds two to structured equity team
Shilpa Amin and Olivier Mathys have joined Bear Stearns's London-based European structured equity products team.
Rabobank loses head of market risk to ING
Rabobank’s global head of market risk, Mark van Balen, is joining Dutch rival bank ING.
BNP Paribas strengthens European fixed-income team
BNP Paribas has made three new appointments within the fixed-income team of its debt capital markets financial institutions group (DCM FIG).
Bear Stearns hires two for structured equity in Europe
Bear Stearns has hired two managing directors in its London-based European structured equity products team. Shilpa Amin, who joins from Nomura, will be responsible for setting up a Ucits III Funds platform. Olivier Mathys will be responsible for…
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SGAM seizes opportunity from subprime turmoil
Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM) has become the latest fund manager to set up a strategy aimed at reaping the benefits of valuation discrepancies caused by the fallout from the US subprime mortgage market.