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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 International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published an FAQ to answer concerns expressed by market participants around a potential CDS credit event on U.S. sovereign debt at a time when discussions over the country’s debt ceiling continue. -
Limiting the ability of so-called ring-fenced banks to trade interest rates, fx and commodity derivatives will be overly restrictive and could prevent banks from offering adequate protection to clients. That’s the view of Fiona Taylor, director of the European regulatory team at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in London, in a letter to HM Treasury about the banking reform bill.
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Mirae Asset Group listed Thursday on the Korea Exchange its first synthetic exchange-traded fund in South Korea, which tracks the MSCI U.S. Real Estate Investment Trust index.
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Barclays is recommending buying 3m*5y low-strike receivers that are delta-hedged as current implied volatility levels on 5y tails are low enough to benefit from volatility due to the data-dependent guidance introduced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.
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Société Générale has hired Josh Elboim, an ex-director in equity derivatives sales at Credit Suisse in London, in a similar role, also in London.
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European credit indices could be more prone to underperformance relative to U.S. indices when the U.S. begins to taper its bond-buying program at the beginning of next year, according to strategists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
