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Market participants are unlikely to have documentation in place to meet the G20's initial margin and variation margin requirements in time for the December 2015 deadline, according to lawyers, who said the buyside faces the greatest challenge to comply. -
Market participants have been trading risk-reversals on the euro against the Swiss franc, effectively betting that the Swiss National Bank will have to lower its floor following renewed eurozone troubles, despite implementing negative deposit rates in December.
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Downside trades, such as puts and put spreads, on the iPath S&P 500 VIX short-term futures exchange-traded note (VXX) are expected to increase in popularity as a way to mitigate the risk of volatility spikes in 2015.
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Talks over a European Financial Transaction Tax have been revived since 2014’s European elections. The tax is now being deliberated between 11 key EU member states. Although the scope of its coverage appears to have shrunk, the uncertainty may lead to unforeseen costs for derivatives market participants. Gabriel Suprise reports.
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Hedge funds and absolute return fund managers are going long the EuroStoxx 50 while shorting iTraxx Main on the expectation that stocks will outperform synthetic credit indices after the recent decline of the euro, which reached a multi-year low against the dollar on Monday.
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An institutional investor was seen picking up call options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index on Monday as market participants look to close out volatility positions that were sold in December.
