Equity derivatives
Breaking correlation breaks
Breaking correlation breaks
Société Générale adds three to strengthen flow derivatives and cash equities
Société Générale reinforces Asian cash equity and derivatives businesses with new appointments
UBS names Bahurel head of equity derivatives sales in Asia
UBS will add Julien Bahurel as head of equity derivative sales in Asia by the end of this year
UBS rebuilds equity derivatives unit in Asia
The Swiss bank has hired Julien Bahurel from Morgan Stanley, promoted Michel Lee and recruited Gilbert Langner from Timber Hill in a bid to rebuild its equity derivatives business in the Asia-Pacific region.
Volatility, correlation and skew too
Surviving skew
Goldman hit by short equity volatility position
Rumours of big losses in Goldman's equity derivatives business are borne out as second-quarter profits drop 83%.
Joshi joins Deutsche Bank as head of Emea Equities
After leaving Barclays Capital last Friday, Dixit Joshi, formerly head of equities for Emea and Asia-Pacific at the UK bank has joined Deutsche Bank in a similar role
Citi adds to equity derivatives team
Four more join equity derivatives in London
Lee reappears at Deutsche Bank as head of GMIP and db-X, Asia
Chris Lee has taken over global market investment products and the db-x division in Asia for Deutsche Bank. Formerly head of the structured products group at UBS, Lee started at Deutsche in the last week of June.
Hong Kong Structured Products Bill ready for first reading
The introduction in Hong Kong of the new laws for structured products took one step closer with the announcement of a first reading for the bill on July 14. A lengthy consultation period that followed the creation of the first draft of proposals has…
Daiwa buys KBC's Asian equity derivatives and global convertible bonds operations
Daiwa Capital Markets has extended its move into structured products with the acquisition of KBC Group's Asian equity derivatives business
Daiwa snaps up KBC's Asian equity derivatives and global converts business
Acquisition of warrants and ETF businesses is viewed as fast-tracking Daiwa's expansion in equity derivatives in Asia
Citi strengthens emerging markets equity derivatives team
Citi has added four new hires to its CEEMEA operations as its equity derivatives platform pushes into emerging markets.
Petrone rejoins Citi as head of capital markets
Citi Private Bank in New York has named Thomas Petrone as head of capital markets, with responsibility for the bank's ultra-high-net-worth clients
Credit Suisse expands Australia equity derivatives with Kiely hire
Credit Suisse has expanded its equity derivatives and structured products operations in Australia with the appointment of Lucas Kiely as director and head of equity derivatives sales and Chelsea Wise as director and head of structured products sales
Morgan Stanley bolsters EQD team
Newcomers to focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Germany cuts euro and equity derivatives ban
Germany narrows shorting ban
Vol and correlation cause equity derivatives pain
Hedge funds and dealers reported to suffer losses from recent equity derivatives moves
Isda AGM: Rate of decrease in CDS notional falls
The rate of decrease in notional volumes of credit default swaps (CDSs) has slowed, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s year-end 2009 market survey, which was unveiled at its annual general meeting in San Francisco on April…