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The addition of third parties, such as clearinghouses and swap execution facilities, when executing a trade in a disclosed market is raising concerns over delays in risk-transfer, according to speakers at the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association's SEFCON IV conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York today.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has called on firms to be more transparent in disclosing its credit risk when publishing information on the use of credit derivatives in financial statements. The regulator is therefore requesting greater disclosures when reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards and in the forthcoming Asset Quality Review.
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Credit portfolio managers and hedge funds are buying protection on senior financials and selling protection on the iTraxx Main to position for a short term correction in the relationship between the two indices.
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Leonteq, formerly EFG Financial Products, has launched tracker certificates linked to its Relative Trend Index.
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BlueCrest Capital Management has continued its equities team expansion with the appointment of senior portfolio managers from sellside firms.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has released a pre-publication draft of changes to its credit event definitions. The draft follows proposed amendments to the original 2003 definitions were released in July.