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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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Traders are calling on the International Swaps and Derivatives Association to include changes in the process for determining credit default swap triggers after holders of CDS referencing German cable-TV firm Unitymedia held on to worthless swaps for two years because of confusion involving the reference entity after the company merged with UPC Germany in 2010.
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Members of the U.K. Parliament have accused major banks, including Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, of engaging in a systematic effort to mis-sell interest rate swaps.
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Credit default swap spreads on Morgan Stanley narrowed 28 basis points to 353.3 bps, its lowest intra-day basis since May 4, after Moody’s Investors Service announced downgrades of 15 major banks with capital markets operations.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have been focusing on high-frequency and algorithmic trading firms for evidence that their activities may be distorting market prices.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a federal court order allowing it to impose more than USD5.4 million in restitution and a fine on Texas-based CDH Forex Investments and CDH Global Holdings along with commodity trading advisers Linda Harris and Chance Harris for alleged fraud in connection with the operation of a commodity pool and managed accounts trading off-exchange fx contracts.
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HSBC Securities (USA) has named Thomas Crystal as U.S. head of high-yield sales.