Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Japanese firm plucks banker from UBS
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
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
A lack of clarity over Canadian rules and regulatory oversight between provincial regulators has posed some challenges for derivative market participants. As Canada looks to fulfil components of the G20 reform mandate for OTC derivatives trading — including trade reporting, clearing and margin requirements — a lack of uniform compliance among participants and rulemaking differences between regulators pose hurdles for the market. -
Turkish corporates and high net wealth individuals are buying downside puts on the dollar/Turkish lira currency pair with expiries of between three and 12 months, expecting the lira to rally as low oil prices benefit importers.
-
Hedge funds are increasingly using iBoxx total return swaps to gain exposure to corporate credit markets through a more faithful proxy than CDS. Real money investors are also aping TRS to increase their exposure to the high yield bond market while they wait for supply.
-
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), which grants Australian authorities access to derivative contracts data from EU trade repositories (TRs) outside of their jurisdiction.
-
Daniel Petherick, ex-managing director and head of equity derivative flow sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citigroup in London, has joined Société Générale as head of European flow derivatives sales, also based in London.
-
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has partnered with TriOptima, enabling daily reconciliation of over-the-counter derivatives trades that are reported to DTCC’s European trade repository via triResolve, as mandated by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
