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This month's introduction of a tradable index for synthetic home-equity asset-backed securities has brought new long-short arbitrage strategies for hedge funds and prop desks.
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DWS Investments, the retail investment management arm of Deutsche Bank, has re-opened investment in a synthetic, investment grade collateralized debt obligation it closed last year.
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An increase in the volumes of credit options has set tongues wagging about the advent of options which can be exercised at any time over the tenor of the trade, also known as American-style options.
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CypressTree Investment Management, a Boston-based loan and high-yield bond manager with USD2 billion under management, is launching an outpost in London to increase its euro and sterling-denominated investments. -
Cheyne Capital Management, the London-based credit fund manager with over USD27 billion under management, is marketing a second tap of the Cheyne Long/Short Structured Credit Fund.
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Barclays Capital's Kurt Finkbeiner, director and Asian head of equity derivatives in Hong Kong, has left the firm.
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U.S. credit structurers are pitching forward-starting synthetic collateralized debt obligations to pick up spreads in a tight credit spread environment.
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Outperformance options, also known as exchange or spread options are exotic derivatives that allow an investor to gain leveraged exposure to the percentage price performance of one security or index over another.
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Five-year credit-default swap spreads on El Paso Corp. drew in to historical tights last week on rumors the U.S. energy company may be upgraded.
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Two credit derivative sales officials covering Iberia at Morgan Stanley have left the firm.
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--Alex Robinson, head of wealth distribution at Barclays Capital, talking about the firm's launch of an investment product which leverages the returns of an agriculture index.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has retained Sidley Austin as counsel and adviser to create documentation on alternative settlement procedures for loans as deliverable obligations.
