Derivs - Equity

Lionel Fournier, head of equity derivatives and hybrid structuring at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, has left.

A new wave of volatility indices in the Asia Pacific region are failing to attract significant trading volumes.

To position for a potential further steepening of the Hungarian interest rate swap curve on the back of further monetary policy easing, Credit Suisse is pitching 2s5s IRS steepeners.

Japan and Australia will become the two largest central clearing markets in the Asia Pacific region when client clearing rules are implemented there sometime in early 2014, according to speakers at the Futures and Options World Derivatives World Asia conference in Hong Kong today.

Futures dealers, traders and exchanges will benefit from increased volumes as the industry continues forward with the futurization of the swaps market, claimed speakers at the Futures and Options World Derivatives World conference in Hong Kong today.

Peter Scialla, head of U.S. equity volatility trading, and his brother Paul Scialla, co-head of U.S. interest rate products cash trading at Goldman Sachs, have left the firm.

Lee Burrows, head of delta one for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Nomura in London, has left the firm.

Market participants have urged the European Securities and Markets Authority to amend its approach to the calculation of the net short position in sovereign debt as part of the regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.

Sylvain Pouteaux, head of volatility arbitrage Asia at Natixis in Hong Kong, has relocated to London.

Some non-financial firms nay not be aware the European Market Infrastructure Regulation is applicable to them, despite it coming into force last Friday.

Futures on new A-share-linked indices jointly listed on the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges will stimulate the exchange-traded fund market, as market makers will be able to obtain cheaper hedges.

The Australian Securities & Investment Commission has opened up trade reporting of over-the-counter derivatives to foreign firms looking to operate trade repositories.