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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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On 15 April 2014 the EU Parliament formally adopted the proposed regulation on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance based investment products. It introduces the key information document, or KID, a new short form disclosure document to be provided to retail investors before they purchase a packaged retail investment product or certain insurance-based products.
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Kira Bazile, ex-managing director at BTIG in New York, has joined alternative asset manager North Street Global as a president, also based in New York.
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A weak Chinese housing report has supported concerns about the economy and triggered receiving interest in swaps. With short-end downside limited at current levels, the 1s/5s curve has flattened, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.
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Paul Allmark, ex-global head of electronic trading at Thomson Reuters in London, has joined ICAP's EBS business as global head of e-commerce solutions, also in London.
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Macro hedge funds are positioning for a correction in the Russell 2000 index entering outperformance options against the S&P 500 and selling upside calls on the Russell to finance the trade.
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Merk Investments expects hedging strategies such as the application of currency overlay to an equity fund to find favour with institutional investors.