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Citigroup has said that it will keep South Korea out of the World Government Bond Index since it needs to make sure the country’s rules of capping holdings of currency forwards, swaps and options won’t stop investors tracking the index’s returns when hedged for foreign-exchange exposure. According to government officials, rules that will limit banks’ use of foreign-exchange derivatives will take effect next week.
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Daiwa Capital Markets has bought KBC Financial Products’ warrants and convertible bond business in Hong Kong, a week after DW reported that Daiwa was in sole negotiations to purchase the businesses (DW, 6/30). In a statement, KBC said they had sold the businesses to Daiwa for around USD1 billion, broken down across staff, IT infrastructure, trading positions and other assets.
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Greece is the second riskiest sovereign credit in the world over the likes of Argentina, Pakistan, Ukraine and Iraq, according to a report from CMA DataVision. In its quarterly report, CMA said that in the second quarter of 2010, Greece’s five-year mid-spreads ballooned in excess of 1,000 basis points, leaving the country’s debt with a default probability of 55.6%.
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Natixis has disposed of most of its complex credit derivative exposure held in the GAPC to another unnamed firm. In a statement, Natixis said that the disposal will limit the volatility in the firm’s earnings.
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Bank Vontobel, a Swiss private bank, this morning issued six-month reverse convertible notes based on the share price of BP PLC, despite other European issuers shelving similar products on the name.
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Rupertus Rothenhäuser, managing director and head of retail listed products at BNP Paribas, has left the firm and has joined Macquarie Securities Group as head of sales for structured products and exotics for Europe, based in Frankfurt.