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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
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Institutional investors were sellers of receivers last week, implementing zero cost bullish ranges via receiver ladders. -
Foreign institutions are concerned they will have to enter a foreign financial institution agreement with the U.S., or otherwise suffer a withholding tax on their derivatives transactions, if intergovernmental agreements are not concluded before the implementation date of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
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Hedge funds are buying steepener trades on Eurostoxx 50 dividend futures versus the Dec-14 dividend future in an attempt to take advantage of the current high beta in longer-term maturities.
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The Australian Council of Financial Regulators is recommending the government enforce mandatory clearing for over-the-counter U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, euro and sterling-denominated interest rate swaps, a reversal from its past stance of a market driven solution to its G20 derivative reform commitments.
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The Bank of Thailand has lifted its offshore investment quota for both institutional and non-institutional investors, making it easier to invest in exchange and over-the-counter derivatives and other instruments.
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Investors have been shorting the New Zealand dollar against the U.S. dollar via forwards over recent days as a hedge against flatteners on the New Zealand rates curve. This strategy has received increased interest since talk of tapering the U.S. bond buying program began and some emerging market funds were deploying the strategy prior to the Kiwi spurt. Now investors are looking at other overvalued G10 currencies.
