Derivs - People and Markets

Joseph Schenk is said to have resigned as ceo of proprietary-trading firm First New York Securities to pursue other interests.

Barclays has tapped Larry Wieseneck to the new role of chief strategy officer for corporate and investment banking.

Jason Griffith is said to have announced he is leaving as global head of equities at Jefferies, which he joined in 2006 from Societe Generale.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed charges against Royal Bank of Canada in connection with a wash-trade scheme.

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said he will fight a pair of Republican-led bills aimed at weakening derivatives regulations in the Dodd-Frank Act when the House of Representatives reconvenes later this month.

NYSE Euronext is planning to launch a contract-for-difference market in the U.K. and Europe in the first quarter of 2013.

Van Eck has begun offering the Market Vectors International High Yield Bond ETF, which aims to replicate an index of below investment-grade debt from emerging and developed country issuers outside the U.S.

Jefferies is said to have hired Jared Epstein as head of its new fixed-income exchange trade fund business. Epstein most recently was head of flow credit trading at BNP Paribas.

NYSE LIffe has named Alan Whiting to succeed the retiring Hugh Freedberg as non-executive chairman of its global derivatives business, effective May 1.

UBS’ Tokyo-based equity desk has shrunk, with the departure of Shoji Hirakawa as chief equity strategist and four equity analysts.

Schroders has hired Tom Williams, an ex-interest rates derivatives trader at Jefferies International, as a structurer in portfolio solutions in London, a new role.

New York Portfolio Clearing has named Alexander Broderick as its next ceo, replacing Walter Lukken, who left in February to head the Futures Industry Association.