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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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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. -
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.
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Singapore Exchange plans to launch options trading on China A50 futures in the third quarter this year and will also expand its suite of foreign exchange Asian currency futures to include renminbi around the same time.
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Hedge funds and some real money players are maintaining or adding to short volatility positions on iTraxx Main this week. New buyers of volatility have retreated in recent days as fears of a military solution to the Ukrainian crisis subsided last week.
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Corporates globally have been buying target forwards and accumulators on the renminbi against the US dollar in expectation that the planned appreciation of the Chinese unit will continue, according to foreign exchange structurers.
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Ian G. Smith, managing director and head of program trading and synthetics at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, has left the firm.
