Barclays Capital
Joshi joins Deutsche Bank as head of Emea Equities
After leaving Barclays Capital last Friday, Dixit Joshi, formerly head of equities for Emea and Asia-Pacific at the UK bank has joined Deutsche Bank in a similar role
BarCap hires Schwartz as Americas risk solutions co-head
Former corporate adviser will join from JP Morgan in October
BarCap expands data cost control tools
With an eye to keeping market data costs under control, following its acquisition of Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital launches a new tool
In-depth reports on US and EU regulation, Barclays Capital and Ucits hedge funds
Regulation from the US and EU will impact on hedge funds. Barclays Capital has plans to leverage its acquisition of Lehman’s North American prime brokerage business. Ucits hedge funds explained
Asian demand spurs commodities boom
Asian demand for commodities continues to be insatiable. Alex Davis looks at how western investment banks are looking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growth
Northern exposures
Nordea tops this year's Nordic Risk derivatives rankings
Asian traders lukewarm to renminbi despite US dollar-depeg
Asian exporters and importers are waiting to see more investment and hedging instruments for offshore renminbi before adopting the currency for trading
Funding valuation – a clear and present future
In this roundtable, three leading swaps dealers discuss the changes in derivatives pricing – and in particular, the use of OIS as a discount rate for collateralised derivatives trades.
US investors still sensitive to counterparty risk
Counterparty risk remains a dominant theme for US investors, who are keen to analyse issuer credit ratings and credit default swap levels before buying a structured product. Richard Jory asks senior US industry figures how attitudes to counterparty…
Volatility fears increase after May whiplash
Equity markets suffered a whiplash effect before and after the second weekend of May, with the Eurostoxx 50 dropping 4.26% on Friday, May 7, only to bounce back by 10.35% the following Monday.
Doing it for the Kid
If someone could create a short form document of three or four pages that could alert retail investors to the proceeds and pitfalls of a structured product, then regulators could relax, investors could do their own simple risk-reward analysis and product…
Asia Risk commodity derivatives rankings 2010
Goldman takes the commodity derivatives crown
Containing contango
Commodities are back in favour with investors looking for diversification and absolute returns. But market conditions, coupled with the fact that most commodities remain in contango, means passive beta investments could disappoint. How are dealers…
US Structurer
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010
BarCap launches nine commodity ETNs
Barclays Capital launched exchange-traded notes (ETNs) in Europe on Tuesday, listing 12 new ETNs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), consisting of nine commodity exchange-traded products and three notes linked to volatility indexes for equities.
Dealers warn of risks of forced allocation in OTC clearing
Clearing houses could cause large losses for their members if they don't put limits on portfolio allocation, dealers think.
JP Morgan LNG launch shows growing interest in market
JP Morgan’s move into liquefied natural gas (LNG) last week is indicative of growing interest and expectations for the future of the sector.
Doubts raised over viability of Lloyds CoCo bonds trigger
Bankers and regulators are looking at possible standards for contingent capital, but are struggling with the definition of an appropriate trigger.
