Derivs - People and Markets

Goldman Sachs has hired Keshav Sanghi as head of equities in India.

Art Karoonyavanich is said to have left his position as head of equity capital markets for Southeast Asia at Nomura Holdings to take a similar position at Standard Chartered.

The Singapore Exchange has created standardized product disclosure templates for structured products and funds to enhance transparency and understanding.

Australian regulators are eyeing onshore mandatory clearing for Australian dollar-denominated interest rate swaps.

Citigroup has reorganized its structured products business and has named Arnold Miyamoto to head the new centralized, multi-asset structuring operation.

The Central Bank of Ireland said it identified compliance issues in its examination of firms that that deal in contracts for difference and financial spread speculation.

UBS has hired Antanas Petrosius to head its investment banking for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Nathan McMurtray is said to have left as head of Standard Chartered’s equity-linked team and is moving to Deutsche Bank along with colleagues Mrinal Parekh and Susanne Schroeter.

Schroders has appointed Bob Jolly to the new position of head of global macro in its London-based on its fixed income sovereign, currency and U.K.

Susquehanna Financial Group has named Trevor Motti as head of derivatives and macro strategy.

The latest version of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation exempts some intragroup transactions from the obligation to clear, allowing some financial institutions to breathe a sigh of relief.

Banco Espirito Santo’s London-based Espirito Santo Investment Bank will close its equity derivatives business and reallocate capital to its core cash equities and emerging markets operations.