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UBS is selling a structured note that allows investors to take a view on credit and inflation in return for higher yields.
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Members of the European Parliament were considering a plan to give national and European regulators powers to unwind derivatives portfolios and slash payments due to creditors of major financial institutions deemed likely to fail. [Two weeks later, the European Commission considered the same proposal in a paper (DW, 4/15/10). The commission then came out with a proposal in January to write down or convert bank debt to recapitalize failing banks (DW, 1/14).]
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-- Aaron So, a credit structurer at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong, on why some firms have been hesitant to begin trading onshore credit derivatives.
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Structured products are set to arrive in Brazil, with recently passed legislation allowing foreign and local firms to structure and distribute to local investors. Regulators are hashing out the details on which type of products will be permitted and firms have started beefing up their operations.
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The sovereign credit markets have become accustomed to the European Union over-promising and under-delivering. That much was clear in the market reaction to the disappointing March 24-25 E.U. Summit. Spreads were little moved in the first part of this week; the pessimism was already priced in.
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Newedge is looking at the roles it might play once rules that follow the Dodd-Frank Act go into effect.