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Brent Eastburg, global head of credit trading at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, is to leave the firm. -
Many market participants are risking non-compliance with European Markets Infrastructure Regulation by not having registered for a legal entity identifier required to identify counterparties in reported derivatives transactions. So far, according to the website Open LEIs, 223,466 LEIs have been issued in 173 countries, leaving swathes of the market yet to register.
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Expertise in cross-asset products, a concise understanding of cross-border regulatory issues and a proficiency in both local and global market demands are the requirements for any senior executive to succeed in the derivatives markets. Bob Ray, ceo of CME Europe, possessed all of those qualities.
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Hedge funds in the US are buying three-month out-of-the-money put spreads on emerging market underlyings, such as the Vanguard FTSE EM exchange-traded fund and the iShares MSCI EM index, in a bid to hedge greater outflows from EM markets.
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Pre-trade transparency in Europe could impact liquidity in the over-the-counter swaps market, according to Serge Marston, institutional client group global head of eCommerce sales at Deutsche Bank in London.
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Société Générale is expecting to close three longevity swap deals in Q2 this year with insurance firms, following its first transaction last December.
