Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
CEB plans to print more structured notes and may launch inaugural Sofr bond in 2026
Japanese firm plucks banker from UBS
The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
BNY Mellon has appointed Nadine Chakar as head of its Derivatives360 business.
-
ELX Futures has hired Richard Jaycobs will succeed Neal Wolkoff as ceo. Jaycobs previously was president of the Cantor Exchange.
-
Barclays Capital is recommending a volatility skew play on the Markit Investment Grade Credit Default index to take advantage of a moderate widening of spreads by buying payer options at 110 basis points with a March expiry and selling payer options at 140 bps over the same period, at a 1:2 ratio.
-
Credit portfolio managers expect European and North American corporate and sovereign credit default swaps to take different paths over the next three months.
-
The European Securities and Markets Authority was seeking industry feedback on the implementation and application of the endorsement regime, a core part of the wider credit rating agency regulatory overhaul taking place in Europe. [In November, the European Commission published draft regulation for rating agencies that included greater supervisory powers for ESMA and also other roles for the regulator, such as publishing an E.U. rating index. Giving ESMA the power to suspend sovereign ratings in exceptional circumstances was dropped from the proposal.]
-
—James Kemp, managing director of the Global Financial Markets Association’s global fx division in London, on the potential for some institutions to leave their risks unhedged should an E.U. financial transaction tax be implemented.