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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
The derivatives market gathered in London on Thursday night to celebrate its leading players
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The European Securities and Markets Authority’s influential Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group called for radical changes to the way physical and synthetic exchange-traded funds are regulated. [In July, the European regulator published new rules for ETFs following an industry consultation.
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—Pedram Payami, head of public solutions at EFG Financial Products in Frankfurt, on why the firm has taken the decision to issue Burma-themed structured products.
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BNP Paribas is seeing flows for a long emerging market volatility trade it started pitching in September. The trade is to buy a Jan 14 variance swap at 32.75 (capped) on iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund and sell a Jan 14 variance swap at 25.05 (capped) on the S&P 500.
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AXA Investment Managers has hired Rodrigo Ostik in a new role as derivatives manager, based in London. He reports to Shalin Bhagwan, U.K. head of liability-driven investment. The reason for the creation of the slot could not be determined by press time.
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Société Générale has launched two tools on its online equity derivatives research platform that allow investors to choose the best options when implementing volatility pair trade scenarios, a first for the market, according to strategists. The launch on VolHub comes as dealers ramp up online equity derivative research and analytical capabilities to streamline the investment process of buysiders.
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Tokyo-based Simplex Asset Management has launched two synthetic exchange-traded funds Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.