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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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Regulators failed to reach agreement over the text of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive at the eleventh hour last night, reneging on a prior agreement over commodity exemptions to the definition of a financial instrument in Annex I, Section C (6) of the text.
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The US Federal Reserve's decision taken on Wednesday night to begin tapering its quantitative easing programme seems designed to ease investors into life without official monetary stimulus with as little disruption as possible, and the early signs are that the campaign has been a success. Senior capital markets bankers across asset classes were encouraged by the market reaction to the announcement and praised the Fed’s historical decision.
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Barclays is recommending going long the U.S. dollar against the yen via call spreads, to position for further JPY weakness in 2014.
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The FIG market was given an extra lift on Thursday — if it needed one — by the US Federal Reserve’s decision to taper its $85bn quantitative easing programme by $10bn on Wednesday, with bankers saying the market’s positive reaction to the announcement had banished fears that the bull run of the last couple of months could be derailed before the end of the year. -
Arrowgrass, a London-based alternative asset manager, has hired Michael O’Connor, a former portfolio manager at GLG Partners for Asian debt, equity and convertible bonds, as a structurer in the firm’s corporate development and structuring team.
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Debt bankers are optimistic that January will be a robust month for issuance after the US Federal Reserve ended uncertainty about tapering by announcing that it will reduce monthly bond purchases next month for the first time since the global financial crisis.
