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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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Hedge funds and big real money accounts have been selling options on iTraxx Main and Crossover this week after Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, reiterated that the ECB will do whatever it can to raise inflation.
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Transparency, mandatory stress testing and clearly defined recovery plans are at the top of a list of key principles for the recovery and resolution of clearing houses published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association this week.
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GFI Group has launched dollar-denominated market agreed coupon (MAC) swaps on its swap execution facility. The firm now offers live tradable prices for such contracts in a central limit order book on its electronic trading platform known as RatesMatch.
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Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 63% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Overall interest rate derivatives trading that was reported, was also up by 28% from the previous week. This follows a week of modest decreases in trading volumes in both CDS and rates.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority's decision to delay publishing essential credit derivatives clearing standards could mean that the European Commission is reconsidering an €8bn notional clearing threshold for the front-loading of trades, market participants hope.
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The derivatives exposure method in the recently issued Basel III Leverage Ratio Framework and Disclosure Requirements may hit firms' ability to use cleared derivatives to hedge risk, two industry bodies believe.