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After a year of solid performance, a spike in volatility across multiple asset classes helped some derivatives fund managers to put in a strong performance last month.
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Some European companies have begun using contracts for difference — normally more associated with retail spread betting — to hedge their industrial FX exposure, as a cheaper alternative to more conventional derivatives provided by banks, writes Dan Alderson. -
After a doom-laden selloff on Monday, a modest rebound for US large-cap equities failed to calm volatility levels.
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The recent, sudden swoon by widely referenced credit default swap names Glencore and Volkswagen has regalvanised market participant’s call for measures that will improve single name liquidity.
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In recent years, the credit markets have become accustomed to volatility, despite the best efforts of central banks to tame the beast. But where it was sovereigns and banks that were the instigators during the crises of 2007-2012, in 2015 it is the commodities sector that is providing the oscillations.
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“O, how full of briers is this working-day world!” Rosalind’s lament in Shakespeare’s As You Like It will no doubt strike a chord with many in the financial services world. The surfeit of regulation that has rained down on the industry shows no sign of relenting and banker bashing remains as popular as bear baiting was in the time of the Bard of Avon.
