Latest credit derivatives news

• BNPP hires credit strategy head from Brevan Howard

  

  BNP Paribas said on Thursday that it had hired Viktor Hjort from Brevan Howard as global head of credit strategy and desk analysts, following the promotion of Olivia Frieser to global head of research.

  • 16 Aug 2018

• UniCredit CDS highlights Italy as much as EM

  

  Turkey’s self-inflicted problems have had ramifications well beyond its borders and led to comparisons with previous emerging market crises.

  • 16 Aug 2018

• Turkey’s five year CDS spread tightens as US feud continues

  

  The cost of buying credit default swaps on Turkish five year government debt has stopped its upward trajectory and eased lower, even as the country’s standoff with the US continues.

  • 16 Aug 2018

• Nomura turns to structured solutions as it seeks international growth

  

  The Japanese bank has revamped its investment banking division as it looks to boost efficiency and grow revenues following a grim first quarter and cuts in global markets.

  • 16 Aug 2018

• Turkey five year CDS jumps as Erdogan defiant

  

  The cost of insuring Turkish government debt has shot up as Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to give way in a dispute with the United States.

  • 13 Aug 2018

• Turkey drama shines light on robust CDS liquidity

  

  Emerging market sovereigns are regarded as stalwarts of the credit default swaps (CDS) market. Their liquidity is dependable, and participants can usually trade in large size with relatively low transaction costs and little price impact.

  • 09 Aug 2018

• Rates derivatives trading surges on Tradeweb

  

  Electronic trading platform Tradeweb has enjoyed a huge spike in interest rate derivatives trading this year, reporting a 118% year-to-date increase in average daily volume for the products compared to 2017.

  • 08 Aug 2018

• BAML shuffles internally for clearing biz

  

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made three senior moves in its European client clearing operations for futures, options and OTC products.

  • 30 Jul 2018

• ICE seals TMC deal, adding to fixed income portfolio

  

  Intercontinental Exchange has completed its $685m acquisition of TMC Bonds, a fixed income trading platform that adds to its drive into market infrastructure.

  • 24 Jul 2018

• Giancarlo makes moral case for derivatives to Vatican

  

  The Chairman of the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission Christopher Giancarlo has penned a lengthy letter to the Vatican, which heavily criticised derivatives earlier this year.

  • 23 Jul 2018

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