Derivs - People and Markets

John Manh has joined Bank of America as part of its equity sales team.

Barclays said on Monday that it has made Stephen Dainton permanent global head of markets, a position he took up on an interim business after a reorganisation of the investment bank in March.

Marc Soubières has joined Mediobanca’s capital markets solutions team to focus on coverage of clients in France and French speaking countries.

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) this week published their joint discussion paper on central counterparty default management auctions.

Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, made his final speech at a Futures Industry Association conference this week, with a last attempt to stake out his vision on cross-border clearing supervision.

Comco, the Swiss competition commission, has imposed fines of Sfr90m ($89.9m) and reached amicable settlements in relation to alleged FX rigging by traders from major banks.

The US Senate has approved the nomination of Dr. Heath Tarbert as chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Barclays has named Fater Belbachir as its new global head of equities, to lead its equities business across cash and derivatives, as well as its prime and syndicate segments.

Collateral management technology provider CloudMargin has appointed Stuart Connolly, previously of NEX, as its CEO.

CME Group is making a number of senior management changes as part of its integration of last year’s acquisition, UK trading and technology firm NEX Group.

Representatives of the European Union’s 28 member states have resumed talks on a clearing house (CCP) resolution, with a view to reach an agreement by the end of the year.

Sanjay Madgavkar has joined the executive team at FX fintech company Integral as chief strategy officer and head of business development.