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RBS recruits Schroders Hong Kong structured products team
Stanley Ng has joined Royal Bank of Scotland as head of structured investor product development and marketing in Hong Kong.
Fedak resigns from Bear
After 14 years at Bear Stearns, Michael Fedak, global head of interest rate derivatives and municipal derivatives, has left the firm in order to take some time off from the business and spend more time with his family, according to a person familiar with…
Hector Sants take ups FSA chief executive role
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Final guidance issued on Mifid Level 3
The long-awaited final guidance from the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on the Level 3 implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) was finally issued last month.
Lehman Brothers appoints global head of risk solutions
Jason Tilroe, head of the Europe-wide risk solutions group at Lehman Brothers, has been promoted to the newly created post of global head of risk solutions.
Axa adds two fixed-income managers
Axa Investment Managers has recruited two fixed-income portfolio managers for its UK team.
The Shape of things to come
Tetragon is one of a new breed of hedge funds trying their luck as a publicly traded company. Following its IPO in April, it hopes to bring its specialist brand of highly managed CLOs to a wider pool of equity investors. Dalia Fahmy speaks to the firm's…
Drowning in liquidity
Our fascination with liquidity tells us a lot about the psychology of the financial markets
The Big Interview - Tim Polglase
As a massive increase in covenant-lite loans sends jitters through the investor community, the head of leveraged finance at law firm Allen & Overy in London tells Nikki Marmery that cov-lite merely reflects a changing market dynamic
Legal Spotlight
Powers extended to the new pensions regulator in the UK may make it more difficult for some merger and buyout transactions to take place. Bob Buhr explains how credit investors may stand to gain
Issuer Focus - Network Rail
Network Rail's head of corporate finance, Samantha Pitt, talks to Nikki Marmery about the company's unique historical legacy, its plans to start issuing debt from its own balance sheet and its renewed focus on index-linked bonds
Allen Sinai
The president of Decision Economics in Boston has advised five US administrations on economic policy. He tells Dalia Fahmy why he's turned more bullish on the global economy
BNP names head of Gulf debt capital markets
BNP Paribas has named Mark Waters as head of debt capital markets for the Gulf region, a newly created post.