People
The OTC ambassador
Isda's deputy chief executive, George Handjinicolaou, talks to Alexander Campbell
Building through selling
Real estate
Italian unease
Italy
Leaking like a SIV
Structured Finance
No silver bullet
The emergence of contingent credit default swaps has presented banks with a new way to manage their counterparty credit exposures. However, they have important limitations, argues David Rowe
Shrugging off subprime
Risk Japan conference
US Treasury tells derivatives managers to improve Risk practices
Daily news headlines
Geen appointed general counsel for Isda
David Geen has been appointed general counsel for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda). He had previously served as Isda's European general counsel since November 2006, helping to develop the association's European loan credit…
Senior duo leaves Calyon after €250 million rogue trade
Two of Calyon’s most senior bankers have departed following the discovery of a rogue credit derivatives index trade earlier this month.
Algorithmics launches Algo First 4.0
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South Korea, Taiwan again fail to achieve developed market status
London-based index provider FTSE Group has again left officials in South Korea and Taiwan disappointed, after it decided to keep them classified as advanced emerging markets, as it did in 2005 and 2006. The supplier of the world’s most used index series…
Spectron trades first OTC carbon option settled on CCFE
Energy broker Spectron has brokered the first over-the-counter carbon dioxide option settled against the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE)
Citi gets merchant banking licence in Bangladesh
Citi has become the first foreign bank to secure a merchant banking licence in Bangladesh, enabling the US dealer to act as an adviser, underwriter and lead manager in the country’s local capital markets.
Hamich leaves Stoxx to look for opportunities
Lars Hamich is leaving Stoxx, the pan-European index provider, after 11 years with parent company DowJones Indexes. Hamich previously worked for Deutsche Börse as a product manager where he was the Dow Jones representative and developer of the DowJones…