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Exchange traded flows have total USD192.3 billion as of Oct. 30, topping the USD173.4 billion in all 2011, according to BlackRock Investment Institute.
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Electronic-platform operator MarketAxess Holdings has agreed to acquire Xtrakter, a regulatory-transaction reporting service, from Euroclear.
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The slower pace of regulatory change in Europe could benefit European dealers operating in Japan, as firms there diversify away from U.S. counterparties ahead of stiff Dodd-Frank regulations being implemented. Tomoko Morita, policy director and head of the Tokyo office for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, said Japanese firms will be tempted to shift to European counterparties in order to sidestep registration as a major swap participant under U.S. regulation.“
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UBS is launching five capital protected notes enabling investors to benefit from the appreciation of a currency basket against a specified currency between the pricing date and expiry.
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UBS has begun cutting staff on equity derivative sales and trading desks as part of a cost reduction plan it announced earlier in the year.
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Even without the disaster in the U.S., sovereigns would probably have stayed in a state of limbo. The European Central Bank’s OMT bond buying program is ready to go and the prospect of unlimited central bank intervention has helped keep spreads low, at least by recent standards.