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Merrill Lynch hires Credit Suisse derivatives head in Japan

Scott Shenk will run listed futures and options across both debt and equity products in the Pacific rim.

By Andrew Peck

August 06, 2006

Merrill LynchÆs prime brokerage operation has hired Scott Shenk to head its Pacific rim listed futures and options business in Tokyo. He will operate across multi-asset classes in equity and fixed income within listed derivatives and will focus on Japanese hedge funds and other local institutions.

For the time being he will be operating solo and there are no plans to hire anyone else on this new derivatives desk, but he will be working alongside equity and debt salesmen across the Merrill globe.

Shenk has been lured from Credit Suisse, where he was head of the listed derivatives group in Japan responsible for its Japanese listed futures and options business. His work experience has been...

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