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The auction to settle credit default swaps referencing U.K. lender Northern Rock’s so-called “bad bank” ended with the final price above par—the first time that has occurred since CDS auctions began in 2005.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have released to Congress a mandated comprehensive review of swaps regulations, pointing out regulation gaps in proposals in the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Barclays is said to be considering slashing compensation for its 24,000-strong Barclays Capital by between 25% and 30%.
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Derivatives dealers are said to be exploring whether to downsize interest-rate and credit default swaps to hundreds of thousands of dollars rather than the more typical tens or hundreds of millions in the face of a rise in electronic trading and new regulations.
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Bankers dealing in credit derivatives predict that the market for exchange-traded futures linked to credit default swaps will eventually catch on even though it has attracted little interest in 18 months of talks with dealers.
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The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority has begun a formal enforcement investigation into trading losses at UBS attributed to Kweku Adoboli, a senior trader of global synthetics equities at the Swiss bank.