Fixed income
Nomura hires convertible bond head
New convertible bond specialist for Nomura
Fixed income strategist joins Lloyds TSB
Lloyds hires market strategy head
Axa loses structured finance chief to Goldman Sachs
Axa loses structured finance head to Goldmans
Deutsche hires high yield professionals for European trading business
Deutsche adds two to European high yield team
Bond investors bullish on sub-Saharan Africa
Debt investors are looking to sub-Saharan Africa, where strong demand for commodities is propelling high growth.
Henderson recruits Griffiths as credit analyst
Henderson recruits Griffiths as credit analyst
Crédit Agricole moves Lainé to lead financial institutions group in Asia
Crédit Agricole CIB names Frédéric Lainé as head of financial institutions, considered a key strategic client segment for the bank. Graham Willams has been promoted to head fixed income for Asia ex-Japan.
Brownstone names investment grade director
Sean Richter arrives from Stifel Nicolaus.
UBS snares Siddiqi as head for fixed-income corporate coverage in Asia
UBS hires Siddiqi to head Asia-Pacific FICC corporate coverage group as part of an effort to build up its fixed-income operation in the region
StormHarbour appoints new managing principal
Thierry Sciard, previously head of alternatives at Fortis Investments, joins StormHarbour.
Barclays adds fixed-income exchange-traded notes to its $7 billion business
Barclays in the US has built on its exchange-traded note business with the launch of eight new fixed-income products.
RBS takes on Latin America DCM head from Credit Suisse
Charles Achoa joins Royal Bank of Scotland after 13 years at Credit Suisse.
Société Générale recruits Richard Wolff from Barclays Capital
Richard Wolff will head French bank's US debt capital markets syndicate.
Morgan Stanley appoints new European ABS head
Cecile Houlot takes up post after 13 years at JP Morgan.
Nomura hires new Americas debt chief
Jim Merli leaves Barclays to take up newly created position of head of debt origination and debt syndicate for the Americas.
Bullish credit analysts back cyclicals
Cyclical credits offer good value for those bond investors confident about the state of the economy.
Nomura snares RBS's Melph as global head of central bank and sovereign wealth sales
Central banks and sovereign wealth funds have become an increasingly important source of revenue for derivatives dealers.
Alcentra advocates leveraged loans over high yield
Paul Hatfield, CIO of Alcentra, says investors should choose loans because of “stupendously attractive” returns.
Cat bonds set to become new face of structured credit, say Axa chiefs
Two senior heads at Axa Investment Managers anticipate escalating demand for catastrophe bonds.
Ethical credit investment set to surge
Growing participation in fixed income by pension funds and sovereign wealth funds with ethical mandates is spurring interest in socially responsible credit investment.
Daiwa appoints heads of fixed income and debt capital markets
Vince Purton becomes Daiwa head of debt capital markets for Europe and the Middle East, and Chris Brown becomes deputy head of fixed income, also for Europe and the Middle East
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
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.
Brownstone Investment Group hires investment grade director
Fixed income investment firm Brownstone hires Sean Richter as high grade director.