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Elizabeth Padova Hanson — a longtime proponent of covered bonds as a funding tool in the U.S. — has joined Barclays Capital as a managing director in its asset securitization origination business.

New York-based investment bank Jefferies & Co. Inc. announced (Oct. 19) that it has hired Domenico Crapanzano (formerly of Dresdner Kleinwort) as Managing Director and Head Trader of European Rates.  He will be responsible for "institutional sales and trading of government bonds and swaps, agencies, structured bonds, high grade securities, covered bonds, inflation products, as well as the repo finance business" (italics added).

Mauricio Noé is expected to join Deutsche Bank, according to reports in Dow Jones Newswires and EuroWeek.  He previously ran the covered bonds unit at Royal Bank of Scotland.

Jerry MarlattJerry Marlatt has moved to the Morrison & Foerster law firm from Clifford Chance, according to an announcement today (July 9).

Marlatt is considered among the lawyers who have helped pioneer covered bonds in North America.  He is credited with helping to engineer the first issuance of covered bonds in U.S. history (by Washington Mutual).