Derivs - Equity
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Santander's London head of equity derivatives trading has left the firm.
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Bath, U.K.-based financial adviser Chartwell Group is marketing a high-return reverse convertible note which references five banking stocks.
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Maurits Schouten, head of equities, prime services and e-commerce, is leaving Barclays Capital in London.
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Kin Cheung, head of equity derivatives trading Asia at Bear Stearns in Tokyo, has left the firm.
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Takashi Makita, a senior equity index trader at Deutsche Bank in London, has left the firm.
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Uncertainty over the direction of equity volatility is driving some hedge funds to alternative asset classes, while other investors are making two-way bets on equities.
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The equity derivatives market is in a recruitment freeze reminiscent of the late 1990s emerging markets crisis, with officials reporting while firms are still interviewing candidates, few are closing deals.
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Structurers are designing investments around baskets of financial stocks for investors that think the sector downturn has been overplayed.
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Former Citigroup director Jeroen Wilbrink is considering launching a hedge fund after leaving the U.S. bank last week.
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Banks are prepping for a renaissance in capital guaranteed structures for risk-averse German investors, on the back of tax changes that will no longer disadvantage the structures.
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St Albans, U.K.-based financial adviser NDF Administration is marketing a FTSE 100-linked structure, protected against a drop of 50% of the index's starting level.