Derivs - People and Markets

Credit Suisse has named Craig Stine as co-head of its Americas financial institutions group with Neil Carragher.

Deutsche Boerse and the China Financial Futures Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing their respective markets.

Saratoga Capital Management is leading a class action of investors against JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and Douglas Braunstein, the bank’s finance director, for allegedly concealing losses on derivatives investments in an April earning conference call.

Meteor Asset Management has developed, in association with Lowes Financial Management, SPwrap.com, a structured product platform for financial advisers.

The U.S. Securities Market Coalition, along with the Options Clearing Corp., the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, have all warned the U.S. Department of Treasury not to allow the Internal Revenue Service to impose a dividend withholding tax on foreign options trades, arguing it could hurt the listed options market.

The White House is said to have intensified its talks regarding implementing the Volcker Rule in the wake of JPMorgan Chase’s reported losses.

European banks have has submitted a lobbying paper to the European Union’s Liikanen Commission, a task force formed to determine whether to adopt Volcker-like rules, arguing that such a measure would be detrimental to growth in gross domestic product and would have a “negative impact effect on banks’ ability to serve the real economy.”

Credit Suisse has named Craig Stine as co-head of its Americas financial institutions group with Neil Carragher.

Deutsche Boerse and the China Financial Futures Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing their respective markets.

Saratoga Capital Management is leading a class action of investors against JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and Douglas Braunstein, the bank’s finance director, for allegedly concealing losses on derivatives investments in an April earning conference call.

Meteor Asset Management has developed, in association with Lowes Financial Management, SPwrap.com, a structured product platform for financial advisers.

A bipartisan group of senators have called on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to act swiftly on curbing speculation in gas and oil.