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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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Flow in put options on a host of U.S. airline stocks doubled on Wednesday. The increase in comes as the sector faces a loss in revenues due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
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Mandatory clearing of yen-denominated interest rate swaps booked in Japan, between two Japanese entities, started Thursday without major setbacks to liquidity or volume—making Japan the first G20 signatory to fulfill part of its mandatory clearing commitments.
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Australian firms preparing to register as major swap participants under the U.S. Dodd-Frank rules being implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission could find it hard to comply with domestic over-the-counter derivative regulations.
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Scott O’Malia, a member of the U.S. Commodity Trading Futures Commission, criticized the CFTC’s handling of a regulation governing energy derivatives earlier this month, saying, “It was just a train wreck.”
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Credit default swap spreads on Argentina’s sovereign debt widened up to 576 basis points to 1,534 bps, after a New York court blocked the country from making a debt payment and Standard & Poor’s lowered the country’s ratings from B to B-, six notches below investment grade.
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Catastrophe bonds are not expected to be hit with heavy losses from Hurricane Sandy as the instruments are designed to cover even greater natural disasters.