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Over-the-counter buy-write strategies, in which investors buy equity indices and sell covered calls on the single stocks, have become increasingly popular in the U.S. Buy-write plays work best in falling or flat markets, cushioning downside moves and lessening overall volatility.
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Fidelity has hired an equity flow sales exec as head of derivatives for European funds.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is leading an effort to find a permanent solution for the settlement of credit default swap trades for all future credit events.
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Greenwich Associates teamed with The Asset Managers Forum for a study regarding sell-side operational performance in fixed-income counterparty selection.
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The Bus is good for business ...
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A whopping $1 billion of NRG Energy's new debt has traded since the deal broke in the secondary market Jan. 26.
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Pressure is mounting on JPMorgan to waive assignment fees after Bank of America gave up the practice last week. -
Objections by Icahn Associates Corp. and Franklin Mutual Series to an out-of-court reorganization of Teco Panda forced lenders to pursue a Chapter 11 restructuring for the power-plants.
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This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market.
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--Michael Bacevich, managing director at Hartford Investment Management, on the market's desire for JPMorgan to drop its assignment fees.
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Vanderbilt Capital Advisors plans to expand into the Asian markets and has hired an investment bank to assist.
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The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.
