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Market observers were worried that draft proposals from Germany’s financial regulator BaFin limiting foreign counterparties’ ability to terminate contracts with German institutions would put a damper on the market (DW, 7/26). [German regulators compromised in September when they floated new proposals that suspended termination rights for only 1.5 business days in the case of a German firm’s reorganization proceeding (DW, 9/24).]
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—Peter Best, business manager at ICAP, on the need for hybrid electronic and voice brokering.
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Ever since the emergence of the variance swap in the 1990’s, volatility has become an asset class in itself. Investment banks developed various innovations throughout 2005 - 2008 to tailor the volatility exposure until the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. -
UBS has issued USD200 million in exchange-traded notes linked to its proprietary index that tracks Internet companies that have placed initial public offerings in the last three years.
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Non-resident investors in India may hedge rupee risk onshore via forwards and options, according to an announcement from the Reserve Bank of India.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has raised concerns with the European Commission and the Polish presidency of the European Council over how commodity derivatives will be regulated in the upcoming revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, with a particular focus on the capital requirements commodity derivative firms will face.
