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Société Générale is seeing interest among macro hedge funds for outperformance options that pit a newly created Japan buyback index against the Topix Total Return Index. -
Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week decreased by 27% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows a decrease of 30% from the week prior. Overall interest rates derivatives trading that was reported, also declined by 13%.
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Fund managers are taking long positions on peripheral banks cautiously, expecting an imminent European balance sheet review to reveal further inconsistencies similar to those at Banco Espirito Santo, which resulted in the Portuguese government splitting the bank.
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Investors are shifting to short-dated September or October puts on the S&P 500, targeting strikes between 1,900 and 1,800.
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Some market participants have been unwinding long options positions on the dollar against the yen in a bid to take profit as the Japanese unit has steadily weakened against the greenback. At the end of last month, $/¥ was trading at 101.36. On Monday, spot on the pair was 104.28.
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Andrew Simpson, ex-coo at Rate Validation Services, has been appointed head of post-trade at Euronext as the exchange operator makes a push to expand its post-trade services following a demerger with parent company IntercontinentalExchange earlier this year. Simpson will be responsible for developing Euronext’s relationship with LCH.Clearnet and its clearing strategy for both cash and derivatives markets.
