Merrill Lynch has hired Lorenzo Centi-Colella from Goldman Sachs as a director and inflation swaps trader in London. He replaces Christian Alibert, who returned last week to The Royal Bank of Scotland after two years at Merrill. Centi-Colella works with Jacob Oppon, inflation swaps trader who joined with Alibert from RBS. Oppon declined all comment.
Separately, Jonathan Mitchell, former head of inflation and options trading at Merrill, is set to resurface this week at Mitsubishi Securities. Mitsubishi traders referred calls to the press office, where officials did not respond to messages. It could not be determined if Mitchell has been replaced at Merrill and Alex Walker, spokeswoman, did not respond to messages by press time.
