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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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Ian White, managing director and senior fx options trader at Nomura in New York has left the firm.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs to grant permanent registration for swap execution facilities in order to avoid hindering the evolution of businesses following the implementation of Dodd-Frank. Additionally, the slew of continuing no-action letters is resulting in regulatory uncertainty, according to speakers at SEFCON V. -
Reporting of over-the-counter and exchange traded derivatives to repositories is floundering in its aim to make trading more transparent, some seven months since reporting started in Europe. Market participants say a broken system consisting of multiple trade repositories could harbour risk, rather than reduce it.
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Geopolitical risk was all the rage earlier this year, and played a major part in credit spreads widening in several short, sharp bursts. Monetary policy soon resumed its role as the main driver of sentiment, but there were indications this week that it may have to move aside again.
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The overall interest rate derivatives trading volume reported to swap data repositories last week was up 27% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows several weeks of consistent decline in the figures.
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Some derivatives market participants are weary of using credit hubs as they act as one single point of failure if a transaction were to fail because many parties are involved, according to panellists at the SEFCON V conference in New York on Wednesday. Parties at risk include swap execution facilities, clearing houses, futures commission merchants as well as their clients, the conference heard.
