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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
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The US Congress is scheduled to consider a proposal included in the government funding bill which would allow banks to keep swaps trading units, rescinding a provision in Dodd-Frank that forces banks to spin off certain derivatives trading activities into another legal entity. -
Kay Swinburne, Conservative co-ordinator for economic and monetary affairs, has hit back at the idea that the more controversial aspects of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive can be fixed when the European Securities and Markets Authority writes its technical standards.
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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.
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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.
