Derivs - Equity

Rampart Investment Management has launched an active hedged equities strategy. The managed account strategy was designed to cater to endowments and foundations seeking actively managed, options-based investments, said CIO Ronald Egalka.

David Streatfield, a director in synthetic equity sales at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, has joined HSBC as a director on the delta 1 finance sales desk.

Mark Azoulay, a senior equity derivatives trader at UBS in London, has left the firm to focus on his role as partner and cfo at Cape Management Global, a real estate investment manager based in Miami, Fla., that he co-founded in 2008.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is advising investors to go long a three-month put on the VIX while also going long a four-month call on the VIX and rolling the position every two months.

Operational, compliance and implementation costs stemming from regulatory change are likely to be passed on to end-users, attendees heard at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken today.

Regulators came under fire this morning at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Futures Exchange is planning to extend its preopening session for VIX next year by offering VIX futures volatility trading for 24-hours per day.

Investors are looking at short-term directional strategies via at-the-money strangle and straddle transactions referencing indices in South Korea, Singapore or Australia.

The Belgian moratorium on selling complex structured products has hit competition and created an uneven playing field, according to panelists at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken this morning.

Regulatory changes will usher in a marked shift toward simpler structured products, according to a panel at the Swiss Futures and Options Association's 33rd Bürgenstock meeting in Interlaken, this morning.

Jean-Baptiste Patois, senior equity exotics trader at Société Générale in Hong Kong, is moving to Credit Suisse.

Mark Green, an ex-portfolio manager at Infinity Capital Markets in London, has joined Citigroup as a director in equity derivative trading in London.