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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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Investors globally are positioning for further upside in Japanese equity, buying three-to-six-month call spreads on the Nikkei with strikes between 115-and-125% in a bid to gain the most cost effective maximum exposure.
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Lawyers expect the U.S. government to issue an extended delay to the implementation of the foreign accounting tax compliance act, due to the burdensome requirements for financial institutions in complying.
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Sterne Agee has acquired London-based credit brokerage Yorvik Partners as part of its international expansion outside of the U.S. Yorvik will be renamed Sterne Agee UK and will establish the firm’s first presence outside of the U.S.
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Real money managers are buying out-of-the-money payers and payer spreads, sometimes funded by receivers, on the iTraxx Main and to a lesser extent on the Xover, as volatility edged higher and the payer smile steepened in both indices.
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Scott O’Malia, commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has called for the extraterritorial reach of U.S. derivative reforms to be scaled back in 2014 and for the U.S. to pursue a harmonized global framework of regulation through substituted compliance.
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The European Commission has fined Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, Royal Bank of Scotland, JPMorgan, Citigroup and RP Martin a combined total of EUR1.71 billion as part of an investigation into manipulation of the interest rate derivatives market. UBS avoided a fine of EUR2.5 billion, while Barclays avoided a fine of EUR690 million, as both received full immunity under the 2006 Leniency Notice for revealing the existence of the so-called cartel to the Commission.
