HEADLINES

AMERICAS:  Private Payrolls Rise a Better-Than-Expected 257,000 in December

AMERICAS:  Goldman Sachs Shuffles Executives, Adds Another from Morgan Stanley

FIXED INCOME/CURRENCIES

AMERICAS:  Nomura’s Nordvig, Currency Research Head, Said to Start New Firm

EQUITIES

AMERICAS:  U.S. Stocks Slide on China Worries

AMERICAS:  Jefferies Hires Rankin to Co-Lead Prime Brokerage Unit

AMERICAS:  Credit Suisse’s U.S. Stock-Trading Chief to Leave

AMERICAS:  Macquarie Names Ex-BMO’s Farkas Head of U.S. Equity Research

INVESTMENT BANKING/PRIVATE EQUITY

AMERICAS:  Centerview Benefits from Wall St.’s Pivot to Smaller Banks

EMEA:  FIG and SSA DCM Head Leaves Natixis

COMMODITIES

GLOBAL:  Oil Prices Fall to 11-Year Low

AMERICAS:  Munich Re Hires Houston Managing Director

EMEA:  Oil Options Head Exits European Investment Bank

HEDGE FUNDS/ASSET MANAGEMENT

GLOBAL:  Former George Soros Executive Raises $4.5bn for New Fund

AMERICAS:  Macquarie’s Delaware Hires JPMorgan’s Atticus Fallon for Sales

AMERICAS:  Alternative Investment Management LLC Hires Ryan Quinn as MD

WEALTH MANAGEMENT/PRIVATE BANKING

AMERICAS:  Baird Names Insider as New CEO

AMERICAS:  Boston Private Hires Prasanna Gopalakrishnan as CIO