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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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Chinese imports plunged in January, reigniting concerns about the economy. Five to ten year swaps have led a rally in response and the 1s/5s curve slope, which had corrected steeper from last week's lows, is inverting again, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives. -
Hedge funds took profits on short positions in credit default swap trades on Portugal Telecom ahead of the sale of its operating unit to Altice, the Luxembourg based cable investment company, on January 22.
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Investors have been buying put options on the euro against the Danish krone following the Danish central bank’s decision to cut rates in a bid to defend the fixed exchange rate policy. This has emerged despite low volumes in options trading since the Swiss National Bank’s shock move last month to abandon the euro/Swiss franc peg.
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange is expanding trading hours for CBOE Volatility Index options and S&P 500 options, adding more than six hours of trading per day, five days a week.
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Investors are now actively trading the UBS delta-hedged short volatility strategic index launched last year that seeks to replicate a series of short S&P 500 options as market participants look to gain risk premium exposure.
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Market participants are showing substantial interest in structured products on the iBoxx Euro Contingent Convertible Index on the back of a surge in popularity of contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds. This comes after the European Central Bank’s decision to introduce quantitative easing last month.
