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ESMA’s DLT regime could go permanent, despite low takeup

The European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) has outlined potential amendments to make its distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot regime permanent, despite a lacklustre...

Swami takes on Singapore markets

Citi has promoted Nathan Swami to head of markets for Singapore, which Citi says is one of its key trading hubs in the APAC...

Julian Hill joins UBS Asset Management

UBS Asset Management has hired Julian Hill as a fixed-income rates trader in London. Hill arrives from Bloomberg, where he spent 18 months as...

Stanley Sheriff starts trading at Balyasny

Stanley Sheriff has started running risk as a macro portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management in Dubai after having been poached last year from...

Chapel joins BMO Capital Markets

Florian Chapel has joined BMO Capital Markets as a portfolio manager and tactical trader. In the London-based role, he specialises in long/short credit and credit...

BlueCrest poaches Sam Tabari from Goldman

BlueCrest Capital Management has hired former Goldman Sachs rates trader Sam Tabari as a senior portfolio manager on its London-based global-macro desk. He will run...

Danske Markets veteran jumps to BGC business development

Bernadette Kelly has joined BGC Group as a business development manager. Based in London, she will work with the short-term interest rate (STIR) trading teams. Kelly...

Slow-moving regulation hindering EMIR 3 preparation, industry says

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its regulatory technical standards (RTS) for EMIR 3, after market participants expressed frustration that the...

Vincent joins Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper development

Etienne Vincent has rejoined Kepler Cheuvreux as the firm expands its fixed income services. Based in Paris, Vincent will develop Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper (CP)...