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ABN Amro names German fixed-income capital markets head
ABN Amro has named Richard Zirps head of fixed-income group capital markets for Austria and Germany.
GFI promotes two new European heads
New York-based interdealer broker GFI has appointed Julian Swain as head of its London operations, replacing Steve McMillan, who has left the company.
RBS hires head of financial institutions securitisation
Lee Rochford has been taken on by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as a managing director within its financial institutions securitisation team.
Bear Stearns appoints co-head of prime brokerage for expansion
New York-based bank Bear Stearns has promoted Leonard Feder to co-head of prime brokerage to work with Louis Lebedin, who was appointed co-head in June last year.
Under the yoke
The Reserve Bank of India released its long-awaited draft derivatives regulations in early December. But far from opening the market up to a wider universe of products, dealers complain the derivatives market has been reined back in.
Point Carbon survey shows EU ETS ‘significantly’ reducing emissions
Global carbon markets in 2006 saw transactions of 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) worth €22.5 billion, according to environmental market analyst and information provider Point Carbon, who has just completed a survey of the carbon…
CQS to launch Asian volatility fund
CQS, the London-based hedge fund manager with €4.5 billion under management, is preparing to launch the CQS Asia Fund. The fund, to be managed by Jean-Christophe Blanc, will go live in the coming weeks. CQS is seeking to raise $250-$350 million, and will…
Deutsche Börse loses CFO and COO in restructuring
Deutsche Börse’s chief financial officer Matthias Hlubek and chief operating officer Matthias Ganz have resigned, as part of a restructuring that could see capital distributed to shareholders.
RBS hires European ABS & CDO sales head
Steven Hulett has been appointed to the new position of European head of debt markets asset-backed security and collateralised debt obligation sales at Royal Bank of Scotland.
Merrill Lynch International chairman moves to Hong Kong
Kevin Watts, the London-based chairman of Merrill Lynch’s international subsidiary, will move permanently to Hong Kong from April.
Merrill Lynch hires two senior traders from Barclays
Merrill Lynch has hired two senior traders in Hong Kong – Herr Ling Yeoh as head of proprietary local currency trading and Amit Bansal as director of south Asia rates trading, both moving from Barclays Capital.
CESR elects new chairman and vice-chairman
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has elected Eddy Wymeersch, chairman of the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) as chairman of CESR, and Carlos Tavares, chairman of the Portuguese Comissão do Mercado de Valores…