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Hedge funds have been piling in to butterfly call spreads on the VIX following option expiries on the index on Wednesday. The structure of the trades, which position for the VIX to remain around the middle strike price, limit the risk of loss since investors can only lose their initial investment. -
Emerging market credits were once again feeling the full force of fears that QE tapering could start as soon as next month.
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Multi-strategy and volatility arbitrage hedge funds are increasingly targeting dispersion trades referencing Japanese single stocks and sector based baskets or indices, in a bid to short correlation should Japanese equities start to rally.
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Investors are buying short-dated at-the-money or near out-the-money U.S. dollar, India rupee or USD, Indonesian rupiah calls to protect against further weakening of emerging market Asian currencies.
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To hedge against central bank dovishness from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, JPMorgan suggests entering short sterling curve flatteners.
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StormHarbour Securities has hired Magnus Orgard, the former European head of solutions and derivative sales at WestLB, to work in the firm’s client solutions team in London.
