Former bank sales and trading heads form agency broker
Former bank sales and trading heads form agency broker

ICE announces launch of European CDS clearing
ICE hires JP Morgan e-commerce specialist, as dealers aim to show regulators that European clearing is on track

French bank loses another senior high yield salesperson
French bank loses another senior high yield salesperson

Investment firm loses second co-founder
Investment firm loses second co-founder

Cohen & Co makes big name hire to lead European expansion
Cohen & Company has hired a well known capital markets figure to lead the expansion of its European brokerage business

French bank builds up credit sales teams
A French bank says hires in its institutional credit sales team demonstrate its commitment to continue to grow both its flow and credit solutiion businesses

French bank gains one and loses one senior credit salesperson
French bank gains one and loses one senior credit salesperson

Banks rush to hire in high yield salespeople
High yield credit salespeople are fast becoming the market’s hottest commodity. With spreads rallying and high yield issuance rising, banks are said to be keen to hire specialists just as the relatively small pool of talent has been reduced by the recent outflow of salespeople to agency brokers. “Agency brokers stole a march by hiring high yield salespeople during their aggressive expansion,” says Guy Blench, consultant at Elliott Ross in London. “Now banks and interdealer brokers are realising that there is a lot of high yield business to be done. In Europe that includes opportunities in places such as Norway and Germany.”

Distressed head sets up speciality lender
The former co-head of Merrill Lynch’s global distressed desk is part of a group looking to set up a speciality finance lending business, sources say

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan loan traders switch to private side
Banks are splitting their European high yield business into two separate areas

Nomura expands flow credit trading
Nomura’s expansion into the European credit market-making arena continues apace with rumours of a new high profile hire

Credit specialists team up to launch multi-strategy fund
An ex-Credaris trading trader is joining forces with a former and another fund management specialist to launch a new credit hedge fund

Former Merrill officials join broker-dealer
A structured products group that is staffed by several former Merrill Lynch executives launched in July

Deutsche Bank adds to credit strategy team
A former high-yield credit strategist at a London-based investment bank will start as head of European fundamental credit strategy at Deutsche Bank

Viewpoint - Consolidation: part II
Stone Tower’s James Galowski believes CDO manager consolidation has only just begun

Structured products co-head moves bank for new role
Credit structured products co-head leaves European continent's investment bank for American bulge-bracket dealer.

High profile start-up hires structured credit veteran
Boutique investment bank StormHarbour Securities has continued its rapid expansion by hiring Calyon's former structured credit sales head

Senior high yield trader jumps to new role
Senior high yield trader jumps to new role

Deutsche Bank hires for EM credit trading role
Deutsche Bank has added to its emerging market credit exotics trading group