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Insurance firms have been entering six-to-18 month hybrid out-the money S&P 500 equity 90-to-95% put options over the last month that execute should rates rise. -
UBS listed Tuesday on the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchanges a new tracker certificate that uses a Solactive hedge fund index as the underlying.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and settling charges against broker-dealer Merrill Lynch for allegedly failing to diligently supervise its officers', employees', and agents' processing of futures exchange and clearing fees charged to its customers. The Commission’s order requires the firm pays a $1.2mn civil monetary penalty.
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Buyside firms are taking responsibility for reporting of collateral and valuations in-house, voicing fears that delegating reporting of such data creates liability concerns.
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Investors have increasingly been buying options on the euro against both the dollar and sterling, as market participants expect further volatility to occur in the single currency following comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi at last week’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole.
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Volatility arbitrage hedge funds were seen last week buying far out-the-money November 2014 and March 2015 calls on realized S&P 500 forward variance swaps.
