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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
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EU regulators granted a stay of execution to corporate treasury officials as they mandated a slower roll-out of new margin requirements on some of the most popular uncleared derivatives trades. But they stayed firm on a September 1 deadline many believe is untenable. With this temporary reprieve comes also the knowledge that treasuries’ recoursing to swaps strategies will soon become much more challenging.
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney confirmed to the UK parliament on Tuesday what currency traders and analysts have been saying for weeks: worries about the EU referendum are sending prices higher for sterling options and raising the risk of a sharp fall in the pound. -
Nasdaq this week agreed to buy International Securities Exchange (ISE) from Deutsche Boerse in a transaction valued at $1.1bn in cash and debt, a move that will give it a dominant position in the options market. It also adds another twist to the wider battle for hegemony in global derivatives exchange and clearing.
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Far from a signal of returning strength in commodities, this week’s iron ore surge was due to freak activity in derivatives markets, an analyst has claimed, since daily futures volumes were equal to the annual output of big iron ore producers.
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European Union regulators have published final draft rules for uncleared derivatives that make important concessions to lobbyists on margin requirements for some derivative contracts, but show no sign of budging on a very tight September 1 deadline for compliance by the biggest players in the market.
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CME Group will be the first clearing house to clear interest rate swaptions, starting from next month, the firm has said.
