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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 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commission published a consultative paper today endorsing initial margin thresholds for non-centrally-cleared over-the-counter derivatives. In response to the paper, the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission has opened the public comment period for margin requirement for uncleared swaps.
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Volumes in floored floater structured products in Switzerland have dropped further over recent months, with investors turning to alternative fixed income products, such as credit-linked notes. -
HSBC has been at the forefront of both developed and emerging fx market over the last year, particularly through driving the development and growth of the offshore renminbi market. It was behind the first CNH spot transaction and the first CNH option as well as getting more esoteric with the first structured note linked to CNH. These were the key factors in the firm landing the 2012 FX Derivatives House Of The Year award from the editors of Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence.
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The market for over-the-counter derivatives is transforming from a market of mostly bilateral contracts to a market where many contracts are executed through a central counterparty.
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The European Commission has adopted a delegated act that specifies the cases in which sovereign credit default swaps are considered covered, and therefore not banned in accordance with the regulation.
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The European Union’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has postponed a vote scheduled for Monday on key market regulations, including those relating to over-the-counter derivatives, to give lawmakers to hammer out final versions of the measures.
