BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank have strengthened their US structured products businesses in the New York with several appointments.

The French bank has recruited Amir Nouri and Jeff Klearman as product structurers. Nouri, who will also work in liability management within the debt capital markets group and the derivatives marketing team, was previously a director in derivatives marketing at UBS Warburg between 2000 and 2002. He will report to Jim Turner, head of debt capital markets, and to Tom Corper, head of the derivatives marketing group.