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BNP Paribas has hired a replacement global head of equity derivatives strategy, following the departure of its previous head earlier this year.

BNP Paribas has hired a senior member of staff for its emerging markets business.

UBS today appointed Jasper Tans and Javier Martinez-Piqueras as co-heads of European equity capital markets and corporate solutions.

An unprecedented number of major financial institutions are working together on initiatives to transform trading infrastructure through the “distributed ledger” – the blockchain technology which underlies Bitcoin.

Commerzbank has hired two senior credit salespeople to its fixed income and currencies business in London.

On Thursday, September 24, GlobalCapital held its 2015 Global Derivatives Dinner at Banking Hall in London and revealed the winners of its Global Derivatives Awards 2015.

Royal Bank of Scotland has undertaken a shakeup of senior staff in its credit trading business, in a move that bolsters financials at the expense of corporate credit.

UBS has hired an emerging market credit sales specialist to its office in London.

JP Morgan Asset Management has hired an experienced high yield credit portfolio manager to its JPS Credit Opportunities Fund.

ING has hired an experienced salesperson to help coordinate the development of its high yield business in London.

Intercontinental Exchange has appointed former UK Conservative Party leader William Hague as chairman of ICE Futures Europe, a multi-asset derivatives exchange.

Mizuho International’s European head of high yield credit trading has left the job at the bank and will not be replaced.