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Economic derivatives--used to take a view on forthcoming data releases or hedge market reaction to data news--are catching on, said Richard Rosenberg, global head of economic derivatives at ICAP.

Chatter on the Street about the growing popularity of synthetic forward-starting collateralized debt obligations has yet to materialize into public deals being printed.

India's emerging swaps and options market still faces a potential obstacle from an Act dating back to 1872, which could deem over-the-counter derivatives wagers.

--Justin Kennedy, managing director at Citigroup, on the craze in equity derivatives for Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) products.

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The price of protection on North American credit-default swap indices, as well as component names, drew in broadly last week ahead of this week's bi-annual CDX roll.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association held its AGM in Singapore March 14-16.

JPMorgan has signed up derivatives broker Kieran O'Connor to source illiquid assets for its Northern European derivatives marketing team.

Credit derivative houses are welcoming the possibility of wider credit spreads this year in Japan, on the announcement two weeks ago the central bank is ending its quantitative-easing regime.

Variations on reverse convertible bonds are holding investor interest in one of the most popular retail structured products of last year, officials said last week at the Structured Products Association conference in New York.

RBC Capital Markets has hired Paula Pandolfino, a former credit marketer at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank, as a director to lead distribution of structured products into Italy.