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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.
  • Nomura Securities in Tokyo is preparing to list a new range of exchange-traded notes that track the Dow Jones Industrial Average leveraged and inverse indices while hedging yen depreciation, a first for the Japanese market.
  • Investors should look at buying a Nov. 14,000 straddle and selling a 0.5x March 2014 14,000 straddle on the Nikkei 225, in a bid to short the index’s volatility term structure following a drop in front-month volatility last week.
  • Hedge funds that typically use fx options as part of their investment strategy are increasingly sitting on the sidelines or looking to equity derivatives as uncertainty over political issues globally increases.
  • Investors concerned about potential spill-over from political concerns in the U.S. are revisiting low cost credit hedges in Europe, according to strategists at BNP Paribas.
  • Private banks and distributors are buying credit linked notes on single names where there is positive basis, such as Glencore, Heidelberg Cement and Alstom. They’re picking up yield when credit default swaps spreads are trading wider than the cash bond.