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The winning organisations will be announced at events in both London and New York in September
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Fund provider Direxion has launched an exchange-traded fund that uses total return swaps to gain leveraged exposure to the S&P 500, with more similar ETFs expected this year. -
Private banks are entering into a range of structured products that allow them to participate in an expected decline in euro/dollar spot, driven by central bank policy.
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Nomura has globally made available its electronic futures trading platform via Instinet’s Newport Execution Management System.
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Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Korea are launching a Malaysia-Korea currency swap-financed settlement facility on which up to RM15 billion or W5 trillion will be made available for swap settlements between firms from both countries using their respective currencies. It will go live in June.
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Policymakers around the world have enacted new rules and legislation, such as the Dodd-Frank Act in the United States, European Market Infrastructure Regulation and Basel III, to increase market stability and resiliency, enhance transparency and reduce risk in markets. A wide range of industry initiatives are also being designed, impacting the management, mobilisation and transformation of collateral. Often viewed as both a solution to and a trigger of massive financial losses that occurred as a result of the financial crisis of 2008, navigating how collateral is effectively managed by the industry is a topic of great interest under a new regulatory and evolving market environment.
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Blythe Masters will receive the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Global Derivatives Awards ceremony on September 18, 2014, in London. Masters, who was chosen for the award by senior buyside and sellside officials, will be honoured for her role in the development of the derivatives markets in a number of positions at JP Morgan, as well as for her contribution to strengthening the financial markets during her time as chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The Global Derivatives Awards honour the people, companies and deals that made an impact on the global derivatives market during the last 12 months globally. The full list of award categories and nominees can be accessed at www.globalcapital.com/derivatives/global-derivatives-awards.
