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BANKING

Bulge brackets move the outback to the forefront

All the global players have a presence in Australia, which is the fourth-largest asset management market in the world. Chris Wright looks at their strategies.

Chris Wright, July 06, 2007

Opinion

ABS Idol

The ability to hold a tune may not be top of the list of talents required to succeed in the cut-throat structured finance industry – but that could all be set to change. Not many sectors of the capital markets industry can boast their very own band but the ABS market can: the painfully entitled D’Leverage.

Louise Bowman, July 06, 2007

Opinion

Sovereign wealth funds: The $2 trillion investor

The sheer size and influence of sovereign wealth funds is attracting attention – not all of it positive.

July 06, 2007

Opinion

But who’s the best Quigley?

Wall Street investment bankers were agog at the news. Could it really be that Jimmy Quigley, debt capital markets legend and icon of Merrill Lynch’s dominance of the primary bond markets in the 1990s, had become an accountant?

July 06, 2007

CAPITAL MARKETS

Credit derivatives: Q-WIXX ready for takeoff

The buzz surrounding the launch of the new Q-WIXX CDS trading platform suggests that it is one of the most eagerly awaited, and supported, product launches in years.

July 06, 2007

Foreign Exchange

FX people moves: Bock joins BoA

John Bock has joined Bank of America as a vice president in FX electronic trading services. Bock, who is based in New York, joins BoA after 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was most recently managing e-FX order flow. He reports to Harry Moumdjian.

July 05, 2007

Foreign Exchange

More options for Autobahn users

Deutsche added new option functionality to its autobahnFX platform last weekend. These include an expiry blotter that lets clients exercise/expire all of their positions online. Deutsche says that it now benchmarks these against a fix, which it says reduces user workload by automating much of the process. The bank has also added functionality in its option streaming window, plus more currency pairs, including USD/TRY.

July 05, 2007

Foreign Exchange

FX people moves: Barclays to Citi – Yalda Toutounich

Yalda Toutounich is believed to have left her role in Middle East and North African sales at Barclays and headed off across Canary Wharf to Citi. At the time of writing, neither bank could confirm the move.

July 05, 2007

Foreign Exchange

FX people moves: Mellon and BoNY – Canary Wharf? No thanks

Talk is that Barry Griffiths and Andrew Dovey opted to leave Mellon rather than travel to Canary Wharf.

July 05, 2007

BANKING

Bond Outlook July 4th

Sub-prime and CDO problems are just not going away, despite attempts of banks, rating agencies and regulatory authorities to pretend otherwise. Odd that the UK’s FSA should speak up, though.

July 04, 2007

Opinion

Abigail Hofman: Where eagles dare

Has the eagle landed? Last Tuesday, Vino Timmerman, advocate-general to the Dutch Supreme Court, argued that ABN Amro should be allowed to sell its US subsidiary LaSalle to Bank of America without shareholder approval. Although the advocate-general’s opinion is not binding on the Supreme Court, it is generally followed. The court will provide its own verdict in mid-July.

Abigail Hofman, July 04, 2007

BANKING

The Corporate Counsel Poll: Need for perspective

Companies are swamped with compliance work. Hedge funds and private equity might be creeping up unawares.

July 03, 2007

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