Greg King joined Credit Suisse on May 31 as head of exchange-traded structured products. King will run the bank’s exchange-traded note platform and reports to Mike Clark, New York-based managing director and head of retail distribution at the bank.King formerly worked at Barclays Capital and was a co-founder of Velocity Shares. Laura Teo has been appointed director and head of product origination... 

For the fourth time in six years, Morrison & Foerster LLP has been recognized for its leadership in complex financial products and named “Law Firm of the Year, Americas” by Structured Products magazine. The firm was singled out for its development of innovative financial products, hybrid securities and structured notes. “From the production of timely reports and notifications... 

Top Honors to Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley – Webinar on Winning Transactions Set for March 22nd NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The U.S. Structured Products Association (SPA) announced four winners of the Second Annual Structured Innovation Awards at a press event this morning. The 2011 Awards commemorated sixteen of the best Structured Investments... 

Incapital LLC has been named U.S. Distributor of the Year by both Structured Products & MTN-i Magazines.  The announcements were made in the May 2011 issues and mark the fifth time in the past eight years that Incapital has received top industry awards. “All of us at Incapital are proud to be named U.S. Distributor of the Year by Structured Products and MTN-i magazines,” said... 

The index provider says it plans to name a structured products head to take charge of aggressive outreach efforts to the distributor community Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is to hire a head of structured products for S&P Indexes to take charge of its structured products channel, addressing challenges and exploiting opportunities it faces in the market. “We are committed to the structured... 

Afsaneh Beschloss, president and CEO of Rock Creek Group, was named among the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds. The Hedge Fund Journal partnered with Ernst & Young recently to profile 50 women who manage or serve in leading capacities of hedge funds that claim at least $1 billion under management. The final 50 women “have either portfolio management or operational responsibility for over $200...