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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.
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The risk reflected in options on crude oil is near the highest levels since the commodity began selling off in July, according to one estimate.
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Hedge funds and real money investors were fast to sell volatility on iTraxx Main and Crossover after the European Central Bank meeting on November 6, causing the volatility calendar and the volatility smile to steepen.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has asked market participants if it should prescribe which counterparty should be responsible for the creation and transmission of the unique trade identifier (UTI) in trade reporting. The UTI allows two counterparties to pair and match two sides of the same trade at a trade repository, however confusion over how one is generated has blighted reporting since it became mandatory earlier this year.
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A London hedge fund has put on a butterfly trade based on the iTraxx Main three to seven year section of the yield curve, going long risk at the five year point, and short risk the three and seven year points, to play the recent divergence between the three-five-seven year butterfly and the market levels.
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Tim Sharp, ex-FX options trader at UBS in Zurich, has joined BlueCrest Capital Management as a portfolio manager, based in London.