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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
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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Volatility was the name of the game earlier in the first quarter as credit was swept up in the maelstrom affecting other asset classes, particularly US Treasuries and equities. The main credit indices spiked upwards and the Markit VolX Europe, which tracks realised volatility in European investment grade CDS, spiked upwards to 75%, its highest level since the taper tantrum of 2013. -
This week, the German Federal Statistical Office reported that the country’s current account surplus rose to €23.1bn for October. Allowing for the September estimate, which was revised higher, this represents the third-highest level on record. While German competitiveness has explained, historically, some of the surplus, International Monetary Fund and European Commission officials have long warned that the country’s current account imbalance amounts to a policy of needlessly importing demand in a world already starved of it.
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A range of six MSCI options indices have been slated for addition to the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) for 2015 in a partnership intended to increase the diversity of options indices available to consumers worldwide. The MSCI indices will provide substantial exposure to a variety of both US and non-US products for investors seeking risk hedging while simultaneously transacting on one exchange.
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has partnered with MSCI to offer options trading on six MSCI indices. The move comes with broad based asset managers devoting more of their portfolios to non-US exposure for diversification purposes.
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Investors have been taking profit on FX options trades that were entered into ahead of the OPEC meeting that took place on November 27.
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Asset managers, including hedge funds and others, are increasingly using equity index derivatives and futures to better allocate capital, minimise transaction costs and execute international exposure strategies, according to a report by market research firm TABB Group.
