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Christian Denk, a director and equity derivatives trader on Deutsche Bank’s proprietary trading desk in Hong Kong, left last week.
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AIG Financial Products has halved its notional derivatives exposure to USD940 billion since the bailout, reduced its trade count by 37% to 16,100, and cut its complex trades by 65% and its headcount to 225 from 440. But having stated he would leave by the end of 2009, COO Gerry Pasciucco told Derivatives Week he plans to stay and finish the job.
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has expressed reservations about an outright ban on proprietary trading and hedge fund ownership by banks.
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Banks that want to engage in proprietary trading can do so—if they give up their banking license, said Paul Volcker, head of President Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
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Werner Langen, a German member of the European Parliament, has urged regulators to distinguish between derivatives used by companies and those traded by banks.
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The failures of Keydata Investment Services and other securities firms could mean advisers will have to shell out an additional GBP90 million (USD141.05 million) in extra levies imposed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.