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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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Credit default swap spreads on Nokia more than halved earlier in the week after the surprise announcement that Microsoft will purchase the Finnish firm’s mobile phone business for USD7 billion. -
--Simon Carter, European head of equity derivatives strategy at Deutsche Bank in London, on the dangers of hedging with proxy options rather than MSCI options when hedging an MSCI underlying index.
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ANZ made the biggest hire of the week by appointing a new head of structuring in Hong Kong. Adam Crawford moves to the firm from Citigroup, where he spent a year as an equity derivatives trading strategist. Also in Asia, Trudy Lee has left her role as head of fixed income markets at Crédit Agricole in Singapore, while BNP Paribas has moved a rates trader from London to Singapore.
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Investors are buying credit default swap contracts on subordinated debt, which is trading wider than equivalent senior CDS, ahead of a change in the credit event definitions next year.
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There has been no shortage of media coverage about the swaps market transformation, but with deadlines fast approaching the question of buyside preparedness is looming large.
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Institutional investors are showing interest in emerging market fx structured notes that have barriers significantly higher than spot. According to structurers, barriers in some emerging market currency pairs are higher than spot has ever traded.
