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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
Internal restrictions mean SSAs issue fewer CMS-linked notes
JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
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The Federal Open Market Committee has developed a reputation in recent years as a stalwart foe of market volatility. That reputation has been justly earned, but recent comments suggest that the committee may be adopting a different attitude.
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We’ve commented in recent weeks on volatility, but it’s been mainly a macro phenomenon. Geopolitics, Ebola and uncertainty over monetary policy have all contributed to spread oscillations.
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Hedge funds have played the recent compression between iTraxx Crossover and iTraxx Main by entering a decompression trade between the two indices this week, expecting further divergence between investment grade and high yield valuations if the European Central Bank were to announce a buying programme involving corporate bonds at its upcoming December 4 meeting.
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The overall interest rate derivatives trading volume reported to swap data repositories last week fell by 18% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). This follows a week of modest increases in trading volumes.
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Kimberly McGarry, ex-senior vp and chief accounting officer at First Midwest Bank, has joined the Options Clearing Corporation as senior vp president and chief financial officer.
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This week's launch of RMB clearing in Germany and the completion of the first transactions shows that although there is a long term plan for an innovative clearing house structure in the country, for the moment the system is very much anchored to its first stage, clearing through Bank of China (BoC).
