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JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
◆ Chinese bank treasury shift from USTs to dollar callables considered ◆ Some European SSAs face cross-currency limitations ◆ Previous market staple 'almost non-existent'
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Arif Hussein, a former rates trader involved in the Libor rigging scandal at UBS, faced the Upper Tribunal this week to argue against his ban from working in the City, saying he had just been following orders. Following the UK’s introduction of the Senior Managers Regime in 2016, any similar scandal would play out very differently today. -
After much heated debate, the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), which generates international securities identification numbers for some over the counter derivatives, seems to have successfully navigated the first week of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive’s second coming.
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IHS Markit on Wednesday announced that Lord Browne of Madingley and Nicoletta Giadrossi have joined as board directors of the company, while its president and COO Lance Uggla became CEO on January 1.
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Deal-contingent products — flexible derivatives for hedging the FX risk of cross-border acquisitions — are moving from the private equity industry to other markets. Infrastructure is considered a prime fit for the tool. But tricky accounting standards and incoming regulation could complicate the instruments’ roll-out to new users, writes Ross Lancaster.
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With yields compressed and equity volatility at a historically low level, hunting for consistent returns has been a challenge for asset managers and institutional investors alike. But as Costas Mourselas reports, the meteoric rise of risk premia strategy, a type of passive investing, promises to at least partially alleviate those woes.
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Five years after being pushed on to trading venues in the US by the Dodd-Frank Act, over-the-counter derivatives players are beating a similar path in Europe, under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II. Most people think MiFID II has been a worse experience, and will make it harder for small players. But efficiency gains may follow. Ross Lancaster reports.
