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JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
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Shane Edwards, ex-global head of equities structuring at UBS in London, has been appointed head of global equity derivatives, effective this month.
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Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week decreased by 40% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Overall interest rate derivatives trading that was reported was also down by 18% from the previous week. This follows a week of sizeable increases in trading volumes in both CDS and rates.
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In today’s regulatory environment there are numerous know-your-customer checks that need to be performed and accurate client and counterparty data checks that need to be made to ensure global regulatory obligations are met. Not only do firms need to make substantial changes to their internal processes to meet these requirements, they must ensure that the counterparty and client data they hold is accurate from the outset and then efficiently managed on an ongoing basis. Legal entity data management is far from a simple task, however, and with a swathe of risk management and investor transparency requirements due to enter into force over the coming years, firms need to give this critical activity the appropriate consideration.
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The Singapore Exchange logged record volume of derivatives transactions in November with daily average trading volumes up 45% year-on-year, following the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect last month. This was primarily driven by FTSE China A50 futures and SGX FX futures in the Indian rupee and renminbi. -
Michael Davie, CEO of LCH.Clearnet Limited, has been appointed group chief operating officer in a newly created role. Martin Pluves, COO of the firm, will replace Davie as CEO.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has elected Eric Litvack, managing director and head of regulatory strategy for Société Générale’s global banking and investor solutions business, as its new chairman. He will take over from current chairman Stephen O’Connor, on January 1, 2015.
