Deutsche Bank has hired Takashi Kuniga, an interest rate trader at Credit Lyonnais in Tokyo, for a similar role on its Tokyo desk, according to Richard Herman, head of interest rate trading in Tokyo and to whom Kuniga now reports. Herman declined further comment. Kuniga, who is said to start in the coming weeks, could not be reached for comment.
At Lyonnais he reported to Yves Ringler, head of fixed-income in Tokyo. Ringler said a replacement for Kuniga was under discussion, declining all other comment.