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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
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Sandeep Agarwal, head of EMEA debt capital markets and Nick Williams, head of EMEA equity capital markets, will become co-heads of the EMEA global markets solutions group (GMSG), the wider structure that includes ECM, DCM, leveraged finance, equity derivatives, debt derivatives, restructuring, liability management and ratings advisory.
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Lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic hope that the creation of a clearing obligation for non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) could herald unprecedented regulatory cooperation between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA).
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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.