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Turning points: Citigroup’s Richard Bowler
Richard Bowler, head of shipping and freight at Citigroup, talks to Katie Holliday about the highs and lows of working with freight derivatives and his recent move into the LNG market
Legal & General creates CRO role
UK insurer promotes group financial controller to oversee risk management
New York Fed names bank supervisor
Sarah Dahlgren to succeed William Rutledge at end of year
Nomura recruits EMEA co-heads of fixed-income sales
Nomura appoints Guy Cornelius and Raffaele Ricci joint heads of fixed-income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
MF Global fuel oil brokers to move to Spectron
Several fuel oil swaps dealers at brokerage MF Global are reported to be moving to rivals Spectron
JP Morgan commodity staff cuts won’t spread, but Europe recruitment slows
The recent commodity desk cull at JP Morgan is unlikely to be the start of an industry-wide trend, but the aggressive commodities build-outs from investment banks have slowed in Europe
Knight Libertas founder Gary Katcher quits firm
Gary Katcher, head of global institutional fixed income at Knight Libertas, will leave the firm at the end of July.
UBS to appoint HKMA veteran Yam to its board
Joseph Yam was also named by sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp as an one of its international advisers early this month.
JP Morgan in global commodities staff cull
US investment bank JP Morgan has made cuts to accommodate the integration of the RBS Sempra commodities business.
Nomura boosts New York leveraged finance team
Normura Securities North America appoints Julie Persily and Steven Seltzer as co-heads of leveraged finance and Alexis Lasser as head of private capital markets, Americas.
Janus Capital recruits Threadneedle sales manager
Janus Capital nabs Steven Bilodeau from Threadneedle's Frankfurt office.
Brownstone Investment Group hires investment grade director
Fixed income investment firm Brownstone hires Sean Richter as high grade director.
Crédit Agricole boosts Asian fixed income team
Rowe departs Citi to head up Crédit Agricole’s Asian trading group.
BNP Paribas hires credit research chief
Arrival of McAdie and Fridson adds weight to BNP Paribas’ research effort.
Jefferies recruits head of rates sales
Investment bank appoints Savelli-Timsit to lead French rates business.
Knight expands capital markets team
Knight Capital hires new managing directors for capital markets business.
Jain takes sole charge at Deutsche Bank
Move puts Anshu Jain in pole position to succeed Josef Ackermann.
UBS hires emerging markets head
Can Uran leaves Bank of America Merrill Lynch for senior role at UBS
RWC recruits from Threadneedle
Allwright and Frost to manage RWC Strategic Reserve Fund.
Ogata named SG head in Asia
Hikaru Ogata quits French rival BNP Paribas to become new chief executive at SG.
Carlos Tavares replaces Eddy Wymeersch as chair of Cesr
Spanish regulator to succeed Eddy Wymeersch in August, but might only serve until January, when Cesr becomes Esma.
Lloyds hires leveraged credit director
Ex-Evolution Securities sales director departs for Lloyds leveraged finance business.
RBS appoints new director of US credit
Gary Davis takes senior role in credit and rates group.
Nomura names Oz fixed income head
James Land leaves Westpac to boost Nomura’s fixed income team.