Barclays Capital
BarCap hires head of Asia-Pacific credit derivatives
UK investment bank Barclays Capital has hired Eric Slighton as managing director, head of Asia-Pacific credit derivatives.
BarCap snares CSFB distribution head
Guglielmo Sartori d’Borgoricco is set to join Barclays Capital, the investment-banking arm of UK-based Barclays Bank, from rival Credit Suisse First Boston. It is expected he will become managing director and head of distribution for the UK and…
Barclays Capital strengthens in forex sales
Barclays Capital has hired two directors to work in the foreign exchange sales team. The UK-based bank said it would focus on broadening US corporate sales coverage.
More banks putting capital into research
ABN Amro and Barclays Capital are among the increasing number of banks putting money on their trade recommendations for foreign exchange, reports Risknews’s sister publication FX Week . Both have allocated money to start trading on model portfolios this…
BarCap adds sterling swaps to online interest rate swaps platform
Barclays Capital (BarCap) has added sterling swaps to its online interest rate swaps platform, Barx.
Commodities boost volumes on BarCap’s forex platform
Barclays Capital has enjoyed increased foreign exchange volumes on its white-labelled e-trading platform as a result of adding commodities earlier this year, a senior official told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
BarCap adds ANZ dealer
Edward Howard will join Barclays Capital in London in January, a spokeswoman for the bank told Risk's sister publication, FX Week .
BarCap expands corporate risk management advising team
Barclays Capital (BarCap), the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, has hired three new staff to work in its corporate risk management and advisory team in New York.
BarCap launches online metals trading
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of UK bank Barclays, has launched an online base and precious metals trading platform.
BarCap to make markets in iBoxx and Trac-x
Barclays Capital will start making markets on the iBoxx credit default swap index, and will offer notes linked to the index. It also said it would make markets in the Trac-x range of indexes.
BarCap hires Passaretta in LatAm derivatives drive
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of UK bank Barclays, has appointed Gianluca Passaretta as director and head of Latin America interest rate derivatives trading.
Barclays links up with Mark-it
Barclays Capital has signed up to provide global historical and current credit derivatives data to Mark-it Partners, a UK credit data company. In return, the bank will have access to Mark-it’s credit price services, including daily mark-to-market data…
Barcap hires director of corporate risk management from UBS
Barclays Capital has appointed Jonathan Shiff, a former director of fixed-income derivatives at UBS, as a director in its corporate risk management team in New York.
BarCap launches first single-dealer electronic platform for euro swaps
Barclays Capital (BarCap) and Bloomberg today launched the first single-dealer online platform for trading interest rate swaps. The platform will allow BarCap’s clients to trade vanilla euro-denominated interest rate swaps across various maturities via…
Banks counter IAS39 threat
Banks are developing new structuring models for corporate clients to ensure the IAS39 accounting standards do not result in a reduction of complex foreign exchange hedging activity, Risk's sister publication FXWeek reports.
Crackdown on risk budgets: Trader sign-off on revaluing data must end, says industry body
NEW YORK - The Professional Risk Managers' International Association (Prmia) is considering issuing guidelines recommending banks separate their risk management budgets from FX and other business lines.
Barclays makes new hire for Taiwan
Barclays Capital has appointed Amy Yang as a director in its investment banking division in Hong Kong. Yang will be responsible for providing foreign exchange and liability risk management products to the Taiwan corporate sector.
Japanese banks: Turning up the heat
Japan's banks have faced a gruelling few months in the run-up to the fiscal year-end, with a plunge in equity prices putting severe pressure on capital ratios. But a further crisis may be just around the corner, writes Nick Sawyer.
Risk conference panellists issue warnings on US Basel position
Panellists on a roundtable devoted to the subject of the revisions to the Basel capital accords issued dire warnings about the implications of the US decision not to implement Basel II in its full form, but rather to select about 10 "internationally…
BarCap creates new rates sales position
Barclays Capital has hired Chico Khan-Gandapur as a London-based managing director within its European rates sales team. Gandapur will start work in the newly created role within the next few months, a BarCap spokeswoman said.
FiXing op risk
In a post-Rusnak era, operational risk management is a high priority. Could the Financial Information eXchange messaging standard provide a safety net?
BarCap chief hits back at Buffett’s derivatives 'time bomb' comments
Robert Diamond, chief executive of Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of the UK’s Barclays Bank, has hit back at comments made by US investor Warren Buffett, who said on Monday that derivatives were “time bombs”. “[Buffett] should be wary of…
Barclays merges FX/FI prime brokerage
Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of the UK’s Barclays Bank, will complete the merger of its foreign exchange and fixed-income prime brokerage businesses by the end of March.
BarCap to make 200 redundancies
Barclays Capital is making approximately 200 employees redundant at its London headquarters, according to Risk News sources.