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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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Brian Andreyko, the former global head of EBS product and development at ICAP Electronic Broking in London, has joined front office technology provider TradAir.
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Hedge funds have been taking profits on credit default swap trades on Fiat after reports of a potential takeover of the company in a German magazine prompted the name's five year CDS to snap 19bp tighter. Fiat later denied the rumour, however a further report by Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper on Friday suggested that investment banks had been hired to find interested buyers for shares in Fiat owned by the Agnelli family. Fiat CDS were trading 11bp tighter again on Friday lunchtime, at 254bp. -
The Montréal Exchange is planning to roll out weekly expiring options on single stocks and some exchange-traded funds sometime this year.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association wants greater clarity on a number of issues surrounding amendments to Canada’s insolvency code and its relationship with derivatives, including an expanded definition of financial collateral and clarification of termination rights.
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Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for internal market and services in Brussels, has come out in support of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s efforts to limit the scope of frontloading under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation.
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Investors are eyeing cheap sterling hybrids on European names that are underperforming relative to their credit default swaps. Corporates such as Veolia Environnement, the French utilities company, and RWE, the German electricity provider, have attractive entry levels for mean-reverting trades and offer investors carry through the duration of the trade, according to strategists.
