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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. -
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.
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Retail investors and asset managers have been shorting volatility via exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes, building up a short position of more than $135m in vega, the highest short net position in ETFs and ETNs to date. That is a potential source of instability.
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Pressure is mounting on the European Commission to judge the clearing house regimes of other jurisdictions equivalent, as the clearing mandate edges closer in Europe.
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Fast money investors had been buying short-dated volatility in iTraxx Main in the run up to the European Central Bank meeting on December 4, with sellers of volatility returning afterwards. This a theme that has been recurring in the credit options market pre- and post-ECB meetings.
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Trad-X, the interest rate swaps trading platform run by Tradition, has reached record trading volumes for dollar IRS, with volumes exceeding $1 trillion since their launch and the number of trades executed hitting 25,000.
