Barclays Capital has hired the former head of risk at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, as it seeks to boost its expertise in the increasingly important regulatory arena.

Derivatives expert Ed Duncan, who joined Isda in 2003 from Goldman Sachs, yesterday joined Barclays Capital in London as a senior banker in its risk team with specific responsibility for market risk regulation and capital management. He was most recently the head of risk and reporting at the trade body.