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France’s Autorite des Marches Financiers opposed a proposed European Union ban on naked credit default swaps, as did the U.K. Financial Services Authority. French Member of Parliament Pascal Canfin strongly supported the idea and the market was alarmed by the prospect of an all-out ban. [The final ban on naked credit default swaps turned out far less strict than much of the market had feared. Most hedging purposes for which sovereign CDS are used is protected, and the regulation will go into effect Nov. 2012. (DW, 12/9).]
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-- Timothy Hailes, chairman of the Joint Associations Committee on Retail Structured Products, on the need for more clarity from the U.K. Financial Services Authority over how the regulator may intend to regulate pricing.
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Rabobank has hired Christian Lawrence, a fixed income and currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets in London, as an emerging market fx strategist, also in London.
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David Naville, director and head of fx structuring Asia Pacific at Barclays Capital in Hong Kong, has been promoted to managing director covering fx structuring for investment banking and corporate distribution.
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Hong Kong is likely to see more synthetic exchange-traded funds referencing commodities and fixed income this year. Firms are targeting the asset classes on the back of a lift from a spate of ETF approvals by the Securities and Futures Commission. -
The full facts remain elusive but, according to the MF Global bankruptcy trustee, some USD1.2 billion may be missing from MF Global’s segregated customer account.
