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◆ UK rule change cheers covered bonds... ◆ ... as it shelves Taxonomy plans amid wider transition shift ◆ Digital markets: what makes a swap smart
Supporters claim smart derivative contracts remove need for central counterparties
◆ Second phase could be novation of ESM's €74bn existing portfolio ◆ Dealers eye Eurex-LCH CCP basis ◆ Eurex reports 'significant onboarding' from investors ahead of Emir deadline
The winning organisations will be announced at events in both London and New York in September
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UBS has launched tracker certificates on the Solactive Robotics and Drones Total Return Index, in an effort to provide direct exposure to expected growth in the sector. -
Market participants have been active in options on the US dollar against the yen following comments from Governor Haruhiko Kuroda setting out an unchanged monetary policy. The highlight of the flow was one investor picking up a sizeable at-the-money straddle on the pair.
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Foreign counterparties that fall under the scope of European Markets Infrastructure Regulation could find that derivatives transactions priced as OTC are retrospectively eligible for clearing under third-country equivalence rules, according to lawyers. It means that participants could be entering OTC trades at different pricing levels compared to those trades eligible for clearing, while finding later that they will also have an obligation to clear that OTC trade.
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Further growth is required in the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s short-term volatility index futures in order to drive volume and liquidity in the newly launched short-term VIX options.
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Complex package transactions may be difficult to price electronically now that the package transaction requirement to trade such products on swap execution facilities is live, according to Nathan Jenner, coo of fixed income, currency and commodity trading at Bloomberg.
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Equity structurers have been reinvigorated. With companies sitting on mountains of cash, M&A being the talk of the town and increased market expectation for stock buyback growth, structurers are tirelessly back to what they do best—being knee-deep in quantitative and qualitative data into the early hours in an effort to compile the most optimum solutions for clients.
