Nomura
On the move
A roundup of hirings and reshuffles within Asia's financial, derivatives and regulatory markets
People: New roles for Amrolia and Rodgers in Deutsche reshuffle
Markets group at Deutsche gets new cross-asset electronic trading unit, led by Zar Amrolia; Knight Capital responds to rogue algo loss by naming new CRO; listed derivatives co-head leaves Morgan Stanley; Nomura loses Fares, names Downey sole head of…
On the move
A roundup of the latest hiring and firing in Asia’s derivatives and capital markets
People: Nomura hires Cottle as EMEA fixed income chief
Latest in series of fixed income moves at Nomura as Cottle joins to head up European fixed income; new Barclays chief executive is retail banker; UBS creates CRO job for Asia-Pacific investment banking; new fixed income and credit heads for the Americas…
Banks offer combined reinsurance and hedging solution to Japan VA providers
Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japanese variable annuity providers’ new VA offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined with reinsurance
People: Three axed over JP Morgan trading losses
CIO traders leave JP Morgan - the bank also creates new division, reshuffling top management; Deutsche hires Houari from Barclays; deputy fixed-income head leaves Nomura; new hedge fund hires top quant; Citi boost credit sales and trading
Houari leaves Barclays to head equity structuring group at Deutsche Bank
Hassan Houari has ended a 12-year career at Barclays to take up a role as global head of structuring at Deutsche Bank in London
On the move
A roundup of new hires and other moves in the region's financial and risk markets
Eurozone risk management gets political
Deposit flight from Greek banks in the aftermath of the country’s May elections provided a stark reminder of the growing importance of political risk in Europe, a subject banks have had to swot up on in recent years. By Michael Watt, with additional…
Risk institutional investor rankings 2012
Credit ratings for sovereigns and dealers are on the slide – an extra incentive to use clearing houses – but only the biggest institutions have started clearing, and half of respondents to this year’s rankings say they are not expecting to do so at all…
Stress test struggle: separating liquidity and market risks
The financial crisis has been marked by episodes of extreme illiquidity, affecting everything from collateralised debt obligations to government bonds, but there has been little attempt to reflect these risks in stress tests. Some banks are building…
People: Royal Bank of Scotland lets Stuff go
David Stuff, director in UK sales leaves RBS in redundancy round; Nomura names new head of forex structuring; Morgan Stanley says goodbye to head of structured product marketing; Steven Phan joins Standard Chartered as head of structured equity in Hong…
European appetite for volatility ETFs blossoms
Inflows into volatility ETFs in Europe have spurred the launch of new products to satisfy investor interest in this asset class
People: Bänziger leaves Deutsche as Fan, Faissola take new roles
Deutsche's Bänziger to go, while Fan becomes securities co-head; BoE's Tucker gets CPSS role; Ashley shakes things up at Nomura; unhappy Goldman trader adopts scorched earth policy
Credible capital: regulators prepare to tackle RWA divergence
The credibility of bank capital has been called into question by the wildly differing risk-weighted asset (RWA) numbers produced by bank models – and the Basel Committee is preparing to launch an investigation. But RWA differences spring from multiple…
Nomura and Tradition partner to launch electronic ETF trading platform
The Navesis-ETF platform will allow institutional traders, sell-side banks and market-makers to carry out intra-day and auction trading of exchange-traded funds
Arnaud Sarfati to exit SG CIB in reshuffle
Arnaud Sarfati is expected to leave SG CIB; John Tessar joins JVB Financial; Levy and Mutin say goodbye to UBS; Deborah Fuhr no longer headed to Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Whitehead heads commodities at SG CIB; Nomura bolsters Asia-Pacific equities…
People: SG CIB promotes Mianné and Fields
Mianné lands the deputy CEO role at SG CIB, with Fields replacing him as head of global markets - but the bank loses David Knott; JP Morgan's Zubrow gets regulatory affairs post; Jotwani leaves Nomura, with Ashley and Assi promoted
On the move
A roundup of job moves in banks, regulators, investors and vendors in the Asia region
Nomura names Ashley as global head of fixed income
Steve Ashley has been promoted to global head of fixed income at Nomura, with Georges Assi as his deputy
People: Luc Francois leaves Morgan Stanley
Nomura hires Christopher Carter in Japan; Société Générale's private banking arm appoints Eric Verleyen and Alexandre Cegarra; Alan Thomas exits Credit Suisse, along with Markus Ammann and Adam Betteridge
Low rates to favour equity-linked securities in South Korea this year
The popularity of equity-linked securities is set to remain strong in South Korea as investors seek yield enhancement to combat low interest and deposit rates
Nomura makes senior Asian equity appointments
Nomura hires Christopher Carter as head of equity derivatives Japan, and makes a number of promotions within its Asian equities team
On the move
Asia Risk rounds up the people moves in November and December