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Hedge fund investors are entering one-year capped variance and volatility swaps on baskets of stocks and exchange-traded funds with the view that some correlated underlyings will disperse in the near future against those that are likely to remain stable. -
Stoxx has licensed its two Minimum Variance Indices to Resona Bank. The indices will be deployed in passive funds that will be used by Japanese pension funds.
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Firm Chinese inflation data backed paying in mid-sector CNY swaps on Tuesday and the 1s/5s curve steepened as a result. In the long end, 10 year swaps were better offered as short positions were closed, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.
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Trad-X, the interest rate swaps trading platform run by Tradition, has hit record trading volumes for dollar IRS, with volumes exceeding $290 billion since the inception of $ products in February 2013.
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UBS has hired Jerry Kao, former director, equity derivatives trader at Deutsche Bank in New York.
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Years ago, the motivational guru Tony Robbins came to visit my office, searching for the attributes of successful options trading. I was nervous about making a good impression. After all, he was the expert on success who wrote the book on getting the edge. What advice could I possibly offer? During the interview, it occurred to us both that the “secret sauce” of trading is similar to the required attributes of any profitable business. It must have a definable and consistent “edge”, it must be hard for others to harvest (even if the basic business concept is easy) and it requires relentless discipline.
