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JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
◆ 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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Recent comments from the People's Bank of China (PBoC) have strengthened the CNY and supported the short end of the swap curve. With longer maturities pushing higher on improved risk sentiment, the curve has steepened. Meanwhile, with Canada next in line to become an offshore trading hub, CAD/CNY is to become directly tradeable, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives. -
As regulators begin imposing penalties for compliance transgressions in swaps markets, firms must build out their operational and reconciliation frameworks, as well as tracking the source of errors and adjusting to new problems dynamically, according to market officials.
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Even though volatility risks in euro/dollar options are as high as before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, medium term gains based on the currencies reaching parity and a strengthening dollar make buying calls with a focus on upside euro convexity a viable trade, according to strategists.
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At its March meeting, the US Federal Reserve began winding down its policy of extreme transparency and forward guidance, pushing market participants to rely now on economic data instead of qualitative nudges from the central bank.
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One investor was seen buying a sizeable number of put options on the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish exchange-traded fund this week, indicating that they are seeking to mitigate exposure to the US dollar if its performance slows down or weakens, according to strategists.
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Emmanuel Girod, the ex-co-head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa equity-linked trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, is set to join Citigroup, also based in London.
