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Overall interest rates derivatives trading that was reported to the swap data repository over the last seven days decreased by 16% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Week. However, overall credit default swaps trading increased by 4%.
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Ali Salahuddin, head of global-equity linked products at the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, has left the firm. Ahmed Kachenoura, managing director, head of AMRS trading and head of the US platform, global equity linked products in New York, will assume Salahuddin’s responsibilities. Kachenoura will remain in New York as head of global equity-linked products. -
John Gousias, the ex-head of investment grade flow credit trading at Royal Bank of Scotland in London, is joining HSBC as head of financials, index, options and ETF trading and co-head of European flow credit.
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European regulators have proposed a full ban on the re-use of initial margin in the EU.
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Institutional investors have been active in short-dated upside call flow on the Japan Exchange-Nikkei 400 index, a new trend according to traders. The trades, which had an average notional of around $1 million, follow an announcement from Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund that it will include the new index in its benchmarks.
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More weak Chinese data have added weight to expectations the PBoC will ease the reserve requirement ratio (RRR). This has supported good offered-side interest in short CNY swaps which has, in turn, exerted steepening pressure across the swap curve, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.
