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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is set to publish a second template for documenting trades of credit-default swaps on asset-backed securities.
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Simon Perry, European head of CDOs at IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank in London, has left the firm.
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Merrill Lynch has hired Attilio Pietranera, senior credit correlation trader with Deutsche Bank, for a similar role in London.
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Traders noted only a slight pickup in vol buying in response to a spike last week, which they said suggests most players do not believe the volatility environment is turning around.
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The interest-rate swaps market on Mexico's 28-day TIIE is heating up as an expression of growing confidence in the market and a relative lack of confidence in the U.S. dollar.
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Newcastle Building Society will look to hedge its latest FTSE-linked issue in January.
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The fx options market remained quiet last week, in spite of sterling gains against the U.S. dollar wiping out the greenback's recent strength. -
The Royal Bank of Scotland has hired four staffers to form an equity prop trading group.
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--Richard Frase, partner at Dechert, explaining why hedge funds are reluctant to sign up to the novations protocol.
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Shinsei Bank last week hired Yoshikatsu Uesugi, director and exotic interest rate trader at WestLB in Tokyo, for a new role as deputy general manager in the trading department.
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JPMorgan held a meeting last Tuesday for Delphi pre-petition lenders to unveil $2 billion in debtor-in-possession loans the bank is leading with Citigroup.
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-- Walter Morales, chief investment officer of Commonwealth Advisors, on why he believes General Motors is not a good investment based on its pension liabilities.
