People & Markets
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EuroWeek Bond Award: winners and celebrities
Publish date | 20 May 2013
SSA Markets's sister publication, EuroWeek, gave out its awards to the SSA bond market in London on Thursday night. Read below to see who won and who was nominated on the night. SSA bankers were entertained on the evening by popular comedian Alistair McGowan, pictured below with SSA Markets deputy editor, Tessa Wilkie and FIG niche currency bond supremo, Nomura's Nick "The Niche" Dent.
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Draghi leaves door open to further cuts
Publish date | 02 May 2013
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, did not rule out further cuts to the central bank’s main refinancing rate at a press conference on Thursday. The ECB’s governing council cut the rate by 25bp to 0.5% ahead of the conference.
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HSBC deals Diehl’s job to Berman
Publish date | 18 April 2013
Allegra Berman, previously co-head of European debt capital markets at UBS, is joining HSBC in London as global head of public sector banking, SSA Markets understands. Berman will replace Jeff Diehl who is returning to the US.
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Ginanni flips to Crédit Agricole
Publish date | 02 April 2013
Filippo Ginanni, most recently of Deutsche Bank, has joined Crédit Agricole as an executive director in its MTNs and private placement group, SSA Markets can reveal. He started work in the London office on Tuesday morning.
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Allegra legs it out of UBS
Publish date | 26 March 2013
Allegra Berman, co-head of European debt capital markets at UBS, has left the firm after a three month sabbatical.
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Investor focus: BlackRock wants government guarantees
Publish date | 22 March 2013
European governments should sign off on guaranteed bonds for small to medium enterprise lending to boost their countries’ sluggish growth — and the buyside is ready to contribute, a leading portfolio manager has told SSA Markets.
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Cyprus bailout fails to derail SSAs
Publish date | 18 March 2013
Europe’s sovereign, supranational and agency markets balked over a bailout package for troubled eurozone sovereign nation Cyprus on Monday, but market participants were confident that supply would get back on track once the surprise news was digested. This was backed up by Nederlandse Waterschapsbank announcing a dollar mandate on Monday afternoon [see separate story].
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Shaw leave: Jerry sets sail from Barclays
Publish date | 15 January 2013
Jeremy Shaw has resigned from Barclays where he was co-head of rates syndicate alongside Torsten Elling, SSA Markets has learned.
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Investor focus: Schroders
Publish date | 04 January 2013
Regulation should boost demand for short-dated supranational and agency paper despite recent rating actions, says Lucette Yvernault, global credit portfolio manager at Schroders.
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Investor focus: Schroders
Publish date | 02 January 2013
Regulation should boost demand for short-dated supranational and agency paper despite recent rating actions, says Lucette Yvernault, global credit portfolio manager at Schroders.
