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◆ Chinese bank treasury shift from USTs to dollar callables considered ◆ Some European SSAs face cross-currency limitations ◆ Previous market staple 'almost non-existent'
Bank intermediaries eye resurgence in profitable trades
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Although Chinese equities are selling-off again today short-end CNY swaps have been better bid on underlying concerns about a gradual yuan depreciation trend. Elsewhere traders expect to see the curve steepen as corrective strength in equities supports paying in mid-sector swaps, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives. -
In the wake of a selloff despite People’s Bank of China easing, the China Financial Futures Exchange implemented a series of new rules designed to stop the pain.
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Traders this week reversed the recently growing dispersion among some of Europe’s widest iTraxx Crossover credits, with Abengoa rallying sharply as three banks backed the company’s rights issue. But the reprieve was brief and against the tide, say some participants.
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Was it all a dream? At the start of the week the markets were in the throes of a full-blown panic, with talk of “Black Monday” and plentiful comparisons with the Lehman collapse. Yet barely three days later, the iTraxx Europe was back trading at 70.5bp, exactly the same level it was quoted at a week ago.
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Global equity and debt markets rallied on Tuesday, while volatility subsided, after the People’s Bank of China cut its one year lending rate. But for hard hit emerging markets, more pain could be on the way.
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Rate cuts delivered by the PBoC this week have calmed global equity markets somewhat. In China's rates market a short-end led rally steepened the curve as an initial reaction. Looking forward though, currency market perceptions will be key. Deutsche Bank is amongst those expecting China to take a more sensitive approach with the yuan, writes Maia Ririnui of Total Derivatives.
