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Institutional investors have been buying VIX call options with October expiries to express a bullish and long volatility view, following a slew of VIX calls that were sold when the market was down Tuesday.
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The global macro picture remains a concern, but credit investors will turn their attentions to micro factors over the next few weeks as earnings season gains momentum. -
Hedge funds and real money players have continued to buy credit volatility this week by buying payer structures in iTraxx Crossover and Main, while also buying receivers, mostly on Main.
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Access to clearing houses for the buyside may increasingly become limited as some clearing members, known as futures commissions merchants in the US, are struggling to turn a profit on their clearing offerings. This has resulted in some firms exiting such business entirely, and limiting the FCM’s with which buysiders can clear with.
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Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week spiked by 41% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows five weeks of a consistent uptick in CDS notional, with a combined increase of 119%.
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French corporates have been picking up accumulators on the euro against the US dollar as a tool to buy euros for a more favourable exchange rate by selling volatility in return.
