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  • RBS Index Head Departs 03/12/2010 03:18 PM GMT  

    Laurence Black, head of custom indices at Royal Bank of Scotland in London, left the firm a few days ago and is reportedly heading to Barclays Capital in a similar role.

  • U.K. Lords Oppose European Default Fund 03/12/2010 02:27 PM GMT  

    Members of the U.K. House of Lords have opposed the set-up of a Europe-wide default fund to stave off a clearing house collapse.

  • UBS Hires Exotics Trader 03/12/2010 02:18 PM GMT  

    UBS has hired Yash Agarwal as an exotic equity derivatives trader in Hong Kong, reporting to Winnie Chui, Asia head of equity exotics trading for the bank.

  • Goldman Loses More Asia Staffers 03/12/2010 01:08 AM GMT  

    Goldman Sachs is continuing to lose key staff from its Asia fixed income business.

  • Markit Names Global Structured Finance Chief 03/11/2010 10:01 PM GMT  

    Neil McPherson has been promoted to global head of structured finance at Markit.

  • CS Hires Citi Exotics Trader 03/11/2010 04:51 PM GMT  

    Dimitri Cleanis, a v.p. in exotic equity derivatives index trading at Citigroup in London, is joining Credit Suisse in a similar role.

  • SEC Hiring For Structured Products Unit 03/10/2010 11:07 PM GMT  

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement wants to hire two to three seasoned structured finance specialists for new posts in its structured and new products unit in Washington, D.C., New York and other SEC offices. The division is currently 1,000 strong.

  • Hedge Funds Play Short-Term Swissie 03/10/2010 07:34 PM GMT  

    Hedge funds have been buying up one-week calls on the euro against the Swiss franc this morning, anticipating the Swiss National Bank will decide tomorrow to prevent a further appreciation in the franc but that the effort may flounder ultimately.

  • Swiss Private Bank Plots Asia Equity Push 03/10/2010 03:52 PM GMT  

    Private banking group EFG International is looking to expand its Asia structured products platform under its subsidiary EFG Financial Products.

  • EU To Propose Naked Sovereign CDS Ban 03/09/2010 06:42 PM GMT  

    European Union representatives will propose to G20 states in June to agree to ban naked credit default swaps trading on government-backed bonds, according to Nikolaos Chountis, a member of the European Parliament for Greece.

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