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In the past the major banks shied away from getting directly involved with retail because of reputational risk. Now, with FX regarded as an asset class and the retail segment viewed as being a valuable source of flow, the aggregators too have to consider the damage that their WLPs can do to their own reputational risk.

I was astonished to hear this week that Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn trading platform has never experienced a losing month since it went live in 2001. So astonished, in fact, that I contacted the bank to see if the claim was true.

The weird and wacky world of quants provides me with plenty of amusement this week. It all started off when I was sent a story about one FX pointy head who made the bold claim: “My model is one of those which prints money”.

Barclays has put its support behind a bike race in London that is looking to help the Prostate Cancer Charity raise in excess of £1 million in 2008. The brains behind the race is Barclays Capital’s chief UK economist, David Hillier, who was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer at the tender age of 37. The Real Man Cycle Challenge will be contested by teams of four over a 100-kilometre course around the City, Westminster and Canary Wharf. I’m in negotiations with several financial institutions about taking part. More details can be found at http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/misc/cycle_challenge2.asp.

The CME has expanded its FX team with the appointment of K C Lam as director and head of Asian FX sales. The exchange says the new position has been created to provide better service for its Asia-based customers and is part of its ongoing effort to build up its presence in the region. Lam, who will be based in Singapore, reports to Derek Sammann, the CME’s managing director, FX products. Lam was previously head of sales for ICAP e-broking in Singapore.

In what is believed to be a first for such companies, Record, the specialist currency investment manager, listed on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The company floated 25% of its shares at 160p, giving it an overall market capitalization of £354 million. After the first day of conditional dealing, the shares had risen modestly to 166.5p. Admission to the FSA’s official list is scheduled to take place on December 3. In an official statement, Neil Record, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, said: “We are delighted that we have successfully completed our IPO in this challenging market environment. We will continue to focus on building our business in managing currency for absolute return both in the UK and overseas, and we look forward to updating our shareholders on our progress.”

Market remains open but substantial new-issue premiums return.

The world’s most profitable chemicals company, and possibly soon to be its biggest, has ploughed ahead with big expansion plans despite the credit crisis, making more use of Islamic and local capital markets. Dominic O’Neill talks to Sabic’s CFO, Mutlaq Al Morished.

There have been few signs of summer loving in the boardrooms of the bulge-bracket banks, with more and more senior executives being told by angered shareholders and directors "You’re the one that I (don’t) want" as post-sub-prime gloom spreads.

Mid Europa Partners, the leading independent private equity firm focused on central and eastern Europe, has established a notable benchmark for the industry in the region, raising €1.5 billion in commitments for its latest fund, Mid Europa Fund III.