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Japanese firm plucks banker from UBS
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
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Since its inception, the non-FX/equity OTC derivative market was largely self-regulated. As the market grew from the late 1990s to mid-2005, this model worked well. New dealers were entering the OTC derivative market and competition amongst this group was fierce. However, as the participating dealer base peaked around 2005, so too did conditions of free money and leverage. These conditions helped fuel the financial crisis that would soon follow and completely reshape the OTC derivative and financial markets.
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The Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets has launched express reverse convertible structured products in Switzerland on a basket of Japanese stocks.
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The National Credit Union Administration is proposing a rule that would allow credit unions to trade derivatives for hedging risk, thus lifting a federal ban on such activity.
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Eurex has been consulting with dealers and buy-side firms with an eye toward possibly replicating the euro-denominated interest rate swap futures patented by Goldman Sachs and used by CME Group.
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Iceland may follow other countries that are considering limits on fx derivatives trades to stop currency speculation, according to Bjarni Benediktsson, its finance minister.
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Interdealer-broker ICAP has appointed Dean Berry as ceo of global broking e-commerce.