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Markit has appointed Paul Grimes as managing director of equity and fixed-income index operations, and co-head of index management and exchange traded fund services alongside Bernie Thurston.
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Currency options desks are preparing for a surge in one-week call options from hedge funds and corporates on the U.S. dollar against the yen. They anticipate U.S. non-farm payroll data on Friday will reveal the first positive job figures for the U.S. economy since the end of 2007.
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Ireland has been held up as an example of a country ready to suffer pain in tackling its acute fiscal situation. Credit default swaps on the nation widened by 13 basis points over the week to 141bp today—their widest level since the beginning of March—after the government announced details of the new National Asset Management Agency.
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National and European regulators would be given powers to unwind derivatives portfolios and slash payments due to creditors of major financial institutions deemed at risk of failure under plans being formulated by Members of the European Parliament.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission should not bar the use of derivatives in funds, according to former Commissioner Paul Atkins.
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BNP Paribas fx strategists are recommending a calendar spread on long-dated euro/U.S. dollar volatility. The trade involves buying a 20-year call on the euro against the dollar and selling a five-year call on the same underlying, both with at-the-money strikes.