Derivs - People and Markets
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Brazil’s BM&F Bovespa said it will launch eight FX derivatives Aug. 15 linked to the Brazilian real.
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Citigroup has hired 14 bankers for the relaunch of its 26-member exchange-traded derivatives business.
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Citigroup has launched Citi ETF Services, a third-party platform in Asia for exchange-traded funds.
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BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking has acquired a majority stake in the derivatives business of Cadiz Holdings, the South African financial services firm.
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Mizuho Securities USA has expanded its fixed-income sales and trading with 16 new hires.
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Dariush Mirfendereski, global head of inflation-linked trading at UBS, has left the firm.
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Royal Bank of Scotland plans to cut up to 2,000 from its investment-banking work force as the final stage of its integration of ABN Amro.
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Jefferies has expanded Asia equities sales and trading with the hiring of Marcus Okuno, Chua Lee Leng, Lisa Lau and Conor O’Mara as managing directors.
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RBC Capital Markets has hired Michael Goldberg as managing director and co-head of its U.S. equity-capital markets group.
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Russian investment manager Troika Dialog has hired James Corrigan as managing director of investment banking.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has expanded its fx trading operations in Hong Kong with the hiring of Soo Chin Tan as executive director.
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Nomura has hired Martin Syquia and Malcolm Mui for its fixed-income team in Asia.