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StormHarbour has made a number of additions to its New York and London teams, about a quarter of which will deal with cash and synthetic securities.
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New York-based law firm Dechert has expanded its structured finance capabilities, hiring Laura Swihart, a partner at Winton & Strawn and a specialist in commercial mortgage-backed securities.
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UBS has scooped up Colin Sheen, a non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities trader from Mizuho Securities, in a move said to be the kickoff to more hires in the New Year.
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Bradley Bondi has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in a new post as a partner after serving as counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for three years and reporting to two different commissioners during the financial crisis.
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A successful rescinded trade of an asset- or mortgage-backed security could signal a wave of putbacks, Rick Fried, New York-based partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, told TS senior reporter Daniel O’Leary in this week’s “Tranche Talk” podcast. But the heavy burden of proof on investors to show underwriters and issuers acted inappropriately when configuring the deals means most attempts are likely to fail, he said. -
SNR Denton has hired Thomas Parachini as a partner in its capital markets practice in London.
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Two industry veterans have jointed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as structured finance and new product specialists in the New and Structured Products Unit within the Division of Enforcement, as first reported by sister publication Derivatives Week.
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UBS has hired Jason Schechter from Barclays Capital to run collateralized loan obligation trading.
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New York-based Dock Street Capital is opening a Hong Kong office before year-end with the view that in two to three years Chinese investors will once again be buying residential mortgage-backed securities.
