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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
Internal restrictions mean SSAs issue fewer CMS-linked notes
JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
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The situation in Ukraine remains highly volatile, and growth appears to be flagging in China. Such a scenario would once have triggered risk aversion in the eurozone’s periphery, as well as in emerging markets.
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A central tenet of the Dodd-Frank Act is that standardized swap transactions must be centrally cleared through a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered derivatives clearing organization or a clearinghouse that is exempt from DCO registration. Dozens of articles and law firm client alerts have discussed this new clearing requirement and related issues, including the CFTC regulatory provisions governing the protection of cleared swaps customer collateral, commonly known as the LSOC model. Yet relatively little attention has been focused on the rules and regulations governing the basic day-to-day operation of DCOs, even though these provisions have important implications for swap market participants.
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Deutsche Bank has been given licensing rights to the Stoxx Europe Low Beta High Div 50 Index and plans to issue structured products linked to the underlying. -
Dealers in Hong Kong looking to issue fx-linked accumulators and decumulators will need to perform greater checks on an investor’s suitability for the product prior to executing a trade, according to a Hong Kong Monetary Authority circular.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules to enhance the oversight of clearing agencies which are deemed to be systemically important. The move by the regulator is in a bid to ensure more robust requirements regarding risk management, operations, governance and disclosure.
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Hedge funds and asset managers are looking at various strategies on the iTraxx and CDX indices in an effort to profit ahead of the roll to series 21 on March 20. Michael Hünseler, who manages Assenagon’s €200m credit selection fund in Munich, told GlobalCapital that the fund was looking at selling protection on the new names that will be included in the iTraxx Crossover ahead of the roll.
