Derivs - People and Markets

Goldman Sachs has named Christina Makiguchi as head of electronic trading in Japan and China.

U.K-based wealth manager WH Ireland has launched SPGO Structured Products.

Xtrakter has begun reporting derivatives transaction data to the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority as required by the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.

Thomas Hyer, global head of quantitative analytics at UBS, has left the firm.

The to-be-launched Henderson Horizon Emerging Markets Currency Fund will invest primarily in fx forward contracts, but also use over-the-counter spot and swap transactions to achieve its investment objectives, according to documents filed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

HSBC has hired an interest rates strategist away from the Royal Bank of Scotland, adding to its research desk in Singapore.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has hired Gary Barnett as director of its new Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight.

Nomura will fill its recently vacated global head of rates sales position internally, moving Scott Friedländer, currently managing director and head of rates sales for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from London to New York.

Nomura has picked up 10 coverage bankers from Deutsche Bank.

Sutesh Sharman, head of the principal strategies at Citigroup and its most senior proprietary trader, is planning to launch Portman Square Capital, a London-based hedge fund.

Andrew Cooper has resigned as head of corporate finance and structure equity-linked capital markets for Asia-Pacific at Bank of America Merrill Lynch to pursue opportunities outside the industry.

Gilliat Financial Solutions has introduced the Growth Multiplier-September 2011, a structured product for which Credit Suisse services as counterparty.