Derivs - People and Markets

The increasing prevalence of maker-taker pricing schemes in options markets, both exchange-traded and over-the-counter, will hurt exchanges and the market overall, said Jeffrey Sprecher, ceo of the InterContinental Exchange, on a panel at the Futures Industry Association Options Expo 2011 in Chicago today.

The debate over how to most efficiently segregate client collateral in the post-Dodd-Frank swaps market should be set to one side while the market works out other growing pains, said Craig Donohue, ceo of CME Group on a panel at the Futures Industry Association’s Options Expo in Chicago today.

European leveraged loan collateralized loan obligations are likely to come under increasing pressure in the fourth quarter, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Investment Company Institute has launched ICI Global, a new trade organization that will focus on regulatory, market and other issues for global investment funds.

CME Group has appointed William Knottenbelt as head of it Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Financial data management firm Netik has recruited a team for its Delta One index and exchange-traded fund data division.

Tradeweb Markets has acquired the brokerage assets of Rafferty Capital Markets.

Maxim Group has expanded its equity capital markets platform with the appointment of five senior executives, including Alessandro Profita as head of international sales and trading.

David Moore has joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch as global head of structured rates and currencies in New York.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley top Greenwich Associates list of flow equity derivatives providers in North America for 2011.

LCH.Clearnet is set to begin clearing non-deliverable forwards in Chile next month.

Deutsche Bank is planning to add the roughly 30-member staff of ETD, energy derivatives team of BHF.