Derivs - People and Markets

Barclays Capital has shuffled its equity derivatives teams with a number of senior staffers exiting in the reorganization.

Equity capital markets volume created by private equity companies doubled in the first six months of the year to USD63.4 billion, just shy of the 2007 record of USD64 billion, according to Dealogic.

Morgan Stanley has named David Aronovitch as co-head of investment banking for Southeast Asia.

Macquarie Group plans to expand its debt capital markets in business in response to demand for access to debt investors by high-yielding clients.

Jefferies continues to expand in India with the hiring of Kunal Bajaj, Govind Chellappa, Anand Agarwal and Ramnath Iyer.

Chan Ahn, director and head of equity derivatives structuring at Credit Suisse in New York, left the firm last Friday.

European Investment Bank has retained Citigroup as collateral management and collateral custody agent for its derivatives collateral management functions.

Investec Structured Products has launched its latest FTSE 100 kick-out deposit plan.

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America Merrill Lynch were named the top U.S. equity research providers by buy-side analysts, according to Greenwich Associates.

RLJ Companies has entered the bond-trading industry with the launch of RLJ Fixed Income.

PIMCO said it new Global Investor Series Diversified Income Duration Hedge Fund will invest in derivatives, as well as floating and variable rate bonds, short-duration bonds and fixed-rate bonds.

Rockwell Global Capital has hired Anthony Sarkis as head of equity capital markets.