Lehman Brothers
SG boosts European rates sales
Société Générale has hired Jan de Bondt and Ian Morgan in rates sales as the bank looks to expand its European footprint in the rates business.
Lehman appoints head of investment management
Lehman Brothers has appointed Thierry Sciard as managing director, head of investment management for Europe, tasked with the strategic development of the investment management business in the continent.
Amend Basel II Trading Book Proposals, Basel Committee urged
American broker-dealers are opposed to some of the proposals recently published by the Basel Committee to improve the management of market risks.
Lehman boosts European equity derivatives unit
Lehman Brothers has hired three former JP Morgan equity derivatives specialists to beef up its European business.
GM and Ford downgradings catch dealers off guard
A wave of frenzied trading on Thursday afternoon was triggered by Standard and Poor’s downgrading of General Motors and Ford Motor, and their financing units, to junk status, driving credit spreads to record highs.
Lehman poaches senior Merrill employee
Lehman Brothers has hired Joonkee Hong as managing director and head of global finance, Asia-Pacific, in Tokyo.
Lehman continues equity derivatives hiring spree
Lehman Brothers has appointed Arnaud Apffel as co-head of European equity corporate derivatives, alongside Marco Di Prima in London. He will report to Philip Lynch, head of global finance in Europe and David Bizer, co-head of equity sales in Europe.
Dresdner hires six FX directors
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has appointed six key directors to its foreign exchange businesses in London and Frankfurt.
JP Morgan exotics exodus continues
JP Morgan Chase, which lost its head of exotics Chris French this month, has suffered two further defections from its team that won Risk’s ‘structured product award for innovation’ last year.
Lehman to offer onshore forex derivatives in South Korea
Lehman Brothers has transferred JS Kim, a senior vice-president in fixed income, from Tokyo to Seoul, in preparation for the launch of its onshore forex and interest rate derivatives business in the country, reports Risk’s sister publication, FX Week .
BNP restructures European credit research
BNP Paribas, the French banking group, has restructured its credit research division after three members were poached by Lehman Brothers in September.
Deutsche Bank hires MBS group heads
Deutsche Bank has hired Neil Ahuja and John Roach as head of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and mortgage derivatives trading, respectively.
Lehman raids BNP Paribas’ credit team
Lehman Brothers has taken three new credit strategists from BNP Paribas. The US firm has made Alan Capper chief strategist, along with David Brickman, and named Gregory Venizelos as a research analyst. They will be London-based, reporting to John Wilson,…
GFI launches electronic credit derivatives trading platform
Inter-dealer broker GFI has completed the first stage of its rollout of CreditMatch, its electronic trading platform for credit derivatives.
Merrill makes additions to EMEA equity-linked group
Merrill Lynch has made a number of appointments to its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) equity-linked group in London. All will report directly or indirectly to Harry Lengsfield, head of EMEA global markets.
SG strengthens equity derivatives flow products sales
SG, the investment banking unit of France's Société Générale has made a number of appointments within its equity derivatives flow products sales team.
Lehman Brothers hires in credit derivatives sales
Lehman Brothers has poached Marco Di Prima from JP Morgan Chase as managing director responsible for German equity capital markets and European credit derivatives sales.
Options staff hotly pursued
Currency options traders are finding themselves hotly pursued, as a series of high-profile moves around the world has set off a chain of demand, reports RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .
Lehman hires credit derivatives structurer in Tokyo
Lehman Brothers has hired Jimmy Kan as a senior vice-president to run its derivatives structuring group in Tokyo.
Lehman snares investment banking chief
US investment bank Lehman Brothers has hired Jérôme Calvet as managing director and co-head of investment banking in France.
Lehman hires for global options
Lehman Brothers has hired two options traders in a continued expansion of its global currency options team, reports Risk’s sister publication FX Week . Lars Ahlgreen, formerly of Credit Agricole Indosuez, is set to join in London in April as a senior…
Lehman raids Merrill team
Lehman Brothers has raided rival investment house Merrill Lynch for a team of three foreign exchange options dealers in London, sources close to the bank told Risknews’ sister publication FX Week .
Deutsche in FX drive
Deutsche Bank has named Gordon Wallace and Nitin Gulabani as co-heads of global foreign exchange trading.
Lehman hires Tilroe for European derivatives marketing push
New York-based Lehman Brothers has hired Jason Tilroe as managing director heading up marketing of fixed-income derivatives to corporate and public sector clients in Europe. It is a new position created by the bank’s expansion in European derivatives…