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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
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission this week voted in a final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps for bank dealers and major swap participants – despite the objection of one of the three commissioners that it will be far less effective at reigning in US bank excesses than an earlier version -
Bank market makers in credit index options got hammered twice in the past week, as a spike in spreads caught them long volatility after an unprecedented month-long market lull.
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Good news from the US Federal Reserve — in the form of a more dovish rate announcement than some market participants had expected — brought a sanguine close to a turbulent week for credit derivatives and boosted equity markets, but only added to the pressure on emerging market countries and their currencies.
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The auction to settle credit default swaps referencing Abengoa will take place in January, after the Spanish renewable energy company last week triggered both failure to pay and bankruptcy credit events.
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Faced by a dwindling market for single name credit default swaps and the prospect that dealers could retreat from the product due to higher margins on non-cleared derivatives, a group on the buy-side has taken clearing into their own hands, in what one seasoned observer said is an attempt to “head off” an uncertain regulatory foe.
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HSBC has closed its first synthetic securitization since the crisis, and in doing so has slashed the balance sheet its corporate lending book consumed, writes Owen Sanderson.
