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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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Back on March 9, 2012, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Determinations Committee for the EMEA region determined that the Hellenic Republic had undergone a credit event. Leading up to that determination there had been a lot of speculation as to whether credit default swap contracts would trigger or not, and if so, under what conditions. -
LCH.Clearnet has tapped Stephen Patriarco, the former global head of derivatives operations, futures, margin and collateral management at Merrill Lynch, as global head of collateral services and U.S. head of collateral and liquidity management.
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A Chinese over-the-counter central clearing counterparty will not be recognized internationally until China strengthens netting and insolvency laws and refinements are made to the Shanghai Clearing House’s default management protocol.
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Hedge funds have been buying U.S. dollar puts against emerging market and high beta G10 currencies this week. The trades position for a dollar retracement after risk aversion last week may have over-strengthened the greenback.
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Hedge funds that bought outright protection on the Markit iTraxx European Senior and Subordinated Financials indices to hedge exposure to French banks are trying in vain to unwind positions as European markets have rallied.
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NYSE Euronext reported that global derivatives average daily volume fell 11.9% in May from a year earlier. European derivatives volume dropped 22.1% from 12 months earlier, according to NYSE Euronext.
