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Citi rings the changes in structured products reorg
Citi has announced a host of changes to its structured products business, including the appointment of Jean-Luc Bernardi as Emea head of structuring. Bernardi has developed and led the Emea Equity Derivatives Structuring Team since 2006 and will be…
Citi rings the changes in structured products
Citi has announced a host of changes to its structured products business, including the appointment of Jean-Luc Bernardi as head of structuring for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA). Bernardi has developed and led the EMEA equity derivatives…
MF Global appoints new chief operating officer
Karel Harbour has been promoted to chief operating officer for New York-based derivatives broker MF Global.
UK government consults on regulation of Islamic finance
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CME Group hires Katz as interest rate products head
CME Group has appointed Marcus Katz as director of interest rate products.
Tucker appointed deputy governor of Bank of England
Paul Tucker will replace John Gieve as the Bank of England's deputy governor for financial stability, starting in March 2009.
Nomura hires chief economist in New York
Nomura Securities International (NSI) has hired Paul Sheard in the newly created position of global chief economist and head of economic research in New York.
Rabobank appoints new Asia-Pacific head of GFM
Rabobank International has promoted Martijn Nijziel as Asia-Pacific head of global financial markets (GFM) in Hong Kong from his previous position in Tokyo as Japan head of GFM.
Deutsche Bank structured equity sales head departs amid cuts
Kim Gayer has left his London-based position as managing director and global head of structured equity sales at Deutsche Bank. The bank declined to comment on his departure.
Griffith appointed to third term at CBOE
The board of directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has re-appointed Bradley Griffith as vice-chairman of the exchange for a third consecutive one-year term in 2009.
Joe Gold
Joe Gold, MD and co-head of commodities at Barclays Capital, talks to Katie Holliday about weathering the financial market turmoil
LNG fundamentals - Natural selection
The LNG market for Europe and Asia has been traditionally tight, but new supply looks set to change market dynamics. Katie Holliday reports
Cultural exchange
EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…