Derivs - Equity

Fears about counterparty credit risk has some market players talking about a flight to exchange-traded and away from the over-the-counter market.

Some equity derivative strategists are recommending clients with strong stomachs consider selling wide strangles on the realized variance on the volatility roiling global stock market indices.

NDF Administration is marketing three new plans linked to the FTSE 100 and the Euro STOXX 50.

Some fx strategists are steering clients away from options and toward the cash market as financial markets remain topsy-turvy.

Huge option volatility in the Asian fx market has forced a practical shut down of the option market as traders in the last week have been unable to get pricing on any contracts outside of deliverable forwards.

Full coverage of the Awards event and the winners is now available below. Deutsche Bank was named Global Derivatives House of the Year at a gala dinner in London earlier this week (DW Online, 9/6).

Citigroup is recommending equity put plays to position for a weakening economy, as indexes around the world again plunged on fears of a recession.

Banks are offering retail clients products that reflect continued interest in principal protection amid a shaky global economy.

Deutsche Bank has been named Global Derivatives House of the Year by the editors of DW Online/Derivatives Week.

Two of Lehman Brothers’ senior equity derivative traders are tipped to land at Barclays Capital in London.

Enquiries from private bankers in Hong Kong keen to switch their equity-linked note exposure to better-rated entities since the blow-up of Lehman Brothers have increased.

The U.S. government bailout package approved this afternoon didn’t immediately register a calming effect.