Barclays Capital’s head of investor solutions, Americas, tells Kathryn Tully how he successfully built a team from scratch to develop tailored structured products across all asset classes as well as equity and fund derivatives solutions.

The managing director and co-head of the Americas energy and commodities structured debt team at BNP Paribas tells Kathryn Tully what lies behind the bank’s restructuring to form a new global energy and commodities structured debt team.

The co-head of global leveraged finance at Credit Suisse tells Geraldine Lambe that the leveraged party isn’t over yet and that targeted investors should cushion a downturn.

Goldman Sachs’ co-head of restructuring in Europe talks to Geraldine Lambe about the effect an increasingly complex financial structure will have on companies’ survival in the future.

Morgan Stanley’s co-head of securities sales and trading, Neal Shear, explains why the firm reorganised the structure of its institutional securities, and the effect his role heading the trading division will have on risk taking. Kathryn Tully reports.

The CEO of Commerzbank’s corporates and markets division is meeting his brief to cut costs and risk but, he tells Geraldine Lambe, under his aegis there will also be selective growth.

Deutsche Bank’s head of global banking, EMEA, fills Geraldine Lambe in on the company’s numerous unsung successes: M&A, emerging markets and – surprisingly coming from an investment banker – cash management services during the execution of transactions.

The co-president of global markets and investment banking at Merrill Lynch assures Geraldine Lambe that a spate of diversified acquisitions is all part of a disciplined strategy to reshape the company.

Intelligence gathering is a crucial part of the role of the head of markets at the Bank of England, for its purposes of preserving monetary and financial stability. Paul Tucker reveals to Geraldine Lambe the three ‘unknowable’ things that would aid in the management of risk.

Cuban immigrant Al de Molina has done an impressive job as treasurer of Bank of America (BofA). “In a difficult interest rate environment, he adroitly managed the ups and downs, with the treasury business ending up being an important contributor to the bottom line,” says Joe Morford, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.