Derivs - People and Markets

John Hamilton is leaving as head of fixed income at Jupiter Fund Management later this year after the firm announced it was merging its fixed income and multi-asset teams.

New rules in Thailand, aimed at regulating the sale and marketing of structured notes for the first time, will make it harder to sell deals and grow the market, according to lawyers.

Paul Tucker, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, has called for a review of all indices based on submissions and not real transactions. The probe should be part of the remit for Martin Wheatley, managing director of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, who will investigate how Libor is set and the possible sanctions for those that abuse it.

The Clearing Corp. of India has launched a trade repository for over the counter fx derivatives in an effort to improve transparency.

NYSE Euronext has restructured the management of NYSE Liffe, naming executive v.ps. Mark Ibbotson as ceo in charge of exchange trading, clearing and regulation and Finbarr Hutcheson as ceo in charge of commercial and business development.

The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office has announced it will formally launch an investigation into a number of financial institutions and their involvement in allegedly manipulating the London interbank offered rate, with an eye to possible criminal charges.

Barclays is considering whether to split in two and listing its investment bank in New York while the rest of the U.K. bank would remain listed in London.

Thomson Reuters has agreed to pay USD625 million for FX Alliance, the U.S. electronics fx trading platform.

JP Morgan has hired Shaun Barlow, managing director of European Union credit trading at Goldman Sachs in London. He will join in a similar role.

The Royal Bank of Canada has hired Jefferson Shaw, an ex-director in equity derivative sales at Société Générale in New York, as a senior hedge fund flow salesman in New York.

Stuart Oakley, managing director and head of emerging markets fx trading Asia at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore, is set to Nomura join in a new role.

Nomura has hired Jérémie Tobelem as head of emerging market fx options for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in London.