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Hedge funds and broker dealers are set to benefit from the latest suite of updates to MSCI’s equity risk models, which gives equity derivatives investors the ability to track underlying securities and identify crowding that could cause volatility.
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End-users trading swaps could be exempted from posting margin on swaps not cleared by registered derivatives clearing organizations under a new Congressional rule amending the Dodd-Frank Act. Despite flaws in the original drafting, the amendment to the rule would be a substantive change to the legislation and would clarify the margin posting process, according to lawyers. -
John Miesner, the ex-global head of sales at KCG Hotspot, has joined GAIN Capital as managing director, head of global sales for GTX, the firm’s institutional FX electronic communications network.
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The first green structured note linked to an equity index by a call option designed for retail investors closed last week with a total subscription amount of $91m, making it the largest public offer for a non-Euro denominated equity index linked bond in Belgium and Luxembourg in 2014. The green bond, a seven year structured note issued by the World Bank, was sold with a zero coupon plus a call option on a basket of stocks from ethical companies.
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Banks have been comfortable taking on large amounts of risk in trading options on the dollar versus the offshore renminbi. As liquidity, hedging and volatility increase with the currency’s rising popularity however, new market entrants, new derivatives products and confidence in the Chinese liberalisation programme will drive growth in coming months, according to speakers at a panel hosted by CME Group and the Treasury Markets Association.
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Investors may soon see structured equity products listed on exchanges as banks look to save costs by using electronic platforms to quote standardised products, instead of individually pricing them over-the-counter.
