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GFI buys London shipbroker
Inter-dealer broker GFI has bought Century Chartering, a London shipbroker.
IBF names new chairman
David Bell has succeeded Ian Mullen as chairman of the International Banking Federation (IBF).
Man promotes in Hong Kong and Switzerland
Man Investments, the London-based asset management arm of Man Group, has promoted Tim Rainsford to managing director for Asia-Pacific, in Hong Kong. He replaces Matt Dillon, who takes on a newly created role as head of global relationship services, based…
Aon forms risk consulting group
Insurance group Aon has formed Aon Global Risk Consulting, a Chicago-based risk consulting, captive management and risk engineering group, which will be part of Aon Global.
Fimat launches FX desk in Sydney
Fimat, a brokerage and part of the Société Générale group, has moved its Asia foreign-exchange execution team from Chicago to Sydney.
FXMarketSpace opens for business
FX MarketSpace, an international foreign exchange trading platform run by Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), started operations today.
Equities and fixed-income merged in Morgan Stanley overhaul
Morgan Stanley has made broad changes to its organisational structure and reporting lines, including ditching the separation of equities and fixed-income.
RBS names Capp as leveraged capital markets head
Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and Markets has named Eric Capp as head of leveraged capital markets for Europe and Asia.
Deutsche hires securitisation head for Asia ex-Japan
Gregory Park has joined Deutsche Bank as the Hong Kong-based managing director and head of securitisation for Asia excluding Japan.
BarCap names corporate risk chief
Christopher Rees has joined Barclays Capital as head of corporate risk advisory for Scandinavia, Benelux and Switzerland, a newly created post.
Rabobank in derivatives management reshuffle
Netherlands-based Rabobank International has announced a number of key management changes in its global equity and fund derivatives business.
Lehman Brothers takes financial officer from Deutsche Bank
Andrew Wright, global chief financial officer for Deutsche Bank’s private client and asset management division, as well as regional CFO for continental Europe, is to move to Lehman Brothers.
Rabobank names fund and equity derivatives heads
Rabobank has appointed a new team to manage its global equity and fund derivatives business.