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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
The derivatives market gathered in London on Thursday night to celebrate its leading players
Internal restrictions mean SSAs issue fewer CMS-linked notes
JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
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Critics have lined up to savage a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would change the way that mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment companies measure risk and limit their use of derivatives in ways that could have sweeping effects across the investment management industry. -
The Bank of England has raised its countercyclical buffer in response to the UK’s looming European Union referendum, as it tries to ensure banks will continue to lend in the event of a ‘Brexit’ vote.
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The US regulatory framework offers little insight into the riskiness of hedge fund option portfolios, claimed treasury researchers this week, even as the industry reels from its worst year since 2009.
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A key area of derivatives focus in the planned merger between data firms Markit and IHS will be opening up Markit's credit default swap analysis to IHS corporate clients, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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Index provider Markit has teamed up with commercial mortgage backed securities data and pricing specialist Trepp to launch total return swaps (TRS) on a cash CMBS index. The initiative targets several gaps in the market, by boosting returns for CMBS investors, providing a hedging tool for originators and giving big corporate clients access to a market otherwise denied them by punitive US tax rules.
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Heightened talk around Brexit is adding to the pressure on UK credit spreads and, combined with European Central Bank promises of an investment grade corporate bond purchase programme, causing British names to underperform their eurozone peers. But market participants say this presents a buying opportunity as a reversal could follow.
