Derivs - People and Markets
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BNP Paribas is relocating Remi Paris, an index options trader in London, to its Hong Kong desk in a bid to increase equity trading capabilities in the Asia Pacific region.
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Credit Suisse has named Atsushi Mizuno as vice chairman of Credit Suisse Securities (Japan).
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Deutsche Bank is expected to name Colin Fan and Robert Rankin to jointly head corporate and investment banking to succeed Anshu Jain, who has been elevated to co-ceo of the German Bank.
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Renaissance Capital has expanded its client service for equities and derivatives trading to Turkey with the acquisition of Mira Menkul Degerler, an Istanbul-based brokerage.
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London-based SEB Futures has expanded its exchange-traded derivatives client service platform, giving customers access a centralized real-time view of the trade life cycle.
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Credit Suisse has expanded its equity research team covering the Asia-Pacific with the hiring of Viktor Shvets as managing director and head of thematic equity research, and Timothy Ross as managing director and head of Asia Pacific transport research.
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Industry officials fear that some European regulators do not have enough staff to manage the volume of prospectuses that will need to be approved when the amended E.U. prospectus directive takes effect later this year. -
Broker Marex Spectron has expanded its fx team in London, Singapore and Geneva.
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Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are all tied for first place in Greenwich Associates’ ranking of leaders in over-the-counter commodities derivatives for 2011 with a 41% market penetration.
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Jill Sommers, a Republican commissioner on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said inadequate coordination between U.S regulators and their foreign counterparts regarding the international reach of the Dodd-Frank Act could disrupt the global swaps market.
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Nasdaq OMX has added equity-based indices to provide exposure to spot prices of commodities.
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Swiss clearinghouse X-Clear said it is considering creation of a central securities depository based in the euro zone and is actively looking at acquisitions.
