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Deutsche Bank has tapped Moez Ben-Zid, formerly co-head of structured credit marketing at Merrill Lynch, as head of structured credit trading and distribution in London.

Citigroup has relocated two senior London-based staffers for expanded roles in Asia-Pacific, according to an internal announcement obtained by DW.

The number of credit derivative product companies is expected to increase significantly over the next year.

Investor interest in equity-default swap portfolios is firing up again as their hunt for yield prompts a more favorable eye toward innovation.

Goldman Sach's David Voon, head of fixed income and equity structured products and Pan-Asian head of the synthetic products group in Hong Kong, has been named Asia head of the firm's private wealth management group.

Fully-rated credit constant proportion portfolio insurance is set to take off in Europe following its debut by ABN AMRO.

Old Hill Partners, a Darien, Conn.-based fixed income hedge fund, is planning to expand its commercial mortgage-backed securities platform and derivatives business.

HSBC in New York has hired Jason Henderson, managing director and head of foreign exchange options trading, from RBC Capital Markets in London, where he was global head of fx derivatives trading.

Lehman Brothers has signed on derivatives veteran Jim Singh, a former global head of structured products and fixed income derivatives at UBS.

London-based fund manager New Bond Street Asset Management, with over EUR4 billion under management, has launched a USD1 billion cash-flow collateralized debt obligation.