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The U.S. Treasury is less creditworthy now than it was six months ago, due in part to the widening trade deficit, according to the results of Institutional Investor magazine's latest Country Credit Survey.
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The 9.5 percent growth for 2004 surprised many," Bert Hofman, Chief of the Economics Unit
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Private bank Anglo Irish Bank Isle Of Man is marketing a novel hybrid bond which combines currencies, equities and commodities.
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Negative basis trade volumes, one of the mainstays of credit derivatives prop trading over the past year, have plummeted because dealer risk managers are concerned the risk is too high for the reward.
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Bear Stearns has hired Edward Ho, director at Merrill Lynch, as a senior managing director and head of structured equity products sales in Asia, excluding Japan.
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BNP Paribas has gained swaps trader Filippo Ghia, who will cover U.S. and Canadian dollar-denominated interest-rate rate swaps.
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Calyon's weather and emissions desk has received bank approval to start trading emissions allowances and David Foster, head of weather and emissions in London, expects it to execute its first trades in a month.
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The over-the-counter derivatives market in Brazil is expected to take off this year in response to recent regulatory changes.
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Collateralized debt obligation spreads are now so tight some investors are looking at shorting CDO tranches to hedge spread risk in both CDOs and wider credit portfolios.
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Dealers were working overtime to downplay regulators' worries about unconfirmed credit derivatives trades.
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Dealers said a cross-section of hedge funds are bringing more liquidity to credit derivatives.
