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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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Deutsche Bank was crowned the Global Derivatives House Of The Year at the 2012 Global Derivatives Awards in London, with former International Swaps and Derivatives Association chair Gay Huey Evans collecting the Outstanding Contribution Award. [In London on Thursday, it was Citigroup that was awarded the Global Derivatives House Of The Year at the 2013 Global Derivatives Awards at the Mandarin Oriental at Hyde Park, London. The firm was honoured on the back of positive client feedback and strong performance in derivatives across all asset classes in 2013. In front of more than 200 senior market participants, William J. Brodsky, chairman of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, received the Outstanding Contribution Award.]
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Carol Derk, partner at law firm Borden Ladner Gervais, on the importance of having derivatives rules that are harmonized across different provinces in Canada.
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It was equity derivatives that experienced the most activity last week, with the biggest hire coming at Nomura, who have signed Todd Sandoz as global head of equities. Aside from Sandoz’s appointment, it was relocations, rather than new hires and departures, which dominated the equity derivatives market, with a slew of senior officials moving from Asia to London. In credit, ex-Nomura salesman Cactus Raazi joined Tradeweb Markets as head of North America credit. -
Lawyers warned that the regulatory balkanization of financial markets is inevitable and may be irreversible, at the 2013 Annual ISDA Europe Conference in London yesterday.
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Many insurers currently link equity-indexed annuities (EIAs) to well-known equity indices, such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, or Russell 2000. However, some insurers are considering linking their EIAs to volatility control indices instead, such as the S&P 500 Risk Control Index series.
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The Chinese renminbi is increasingly being used for investment purposes via structured notes as opposed to just for hedging and trading, Vincent Craignou, global head of fx and precious metals derivatives at HSBC, told DW in an exclusive interview. “We had RMB for trade. We had RMB for hedging and now an interesting development this year is that we now see RMB for investment too,” Craignou said. “We’ve always seen hedge funds or other institutional investors play the appreciation of the RMB but this year we’re also seeing private clients buying notes to benefit from the appreciation of the RMB.”
