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Several domestic European regulators are likely to add credit derivatives to the list of instruments eligible for netting, according to Emmanuelle Sebton, head of risk management at ISDA in London.

The price of protection on U.K. supermarket J Sainsbury jumped 14 basis points last week in response to a negative research report and data showing rival Tesco had gained significant market share.

Cedric Augias, index equity derivatives trader at Société Générale in Paris, has left the bank.

The Securities and Exchange Commission published Regulation SHO on July 28.

Cathay Life Insurance, Taiwan's largest insurer with over USD45.6 billion in assets, has entered its first synthetic collateralized debt obligation.

Barclays Capital is moving its Asian equity trading desk back to Hong Kong after just two years in Tokyo.

Bank of China International is preparing to launch a retail equity-linked note in Hong Kong that embeds barrier options.

Credit definitions for asset-backed securities will likely be published in December.

ISDA expects to publish its commodity derivatives definitions by the end of the year.

Future developments in credit derivatives will depend on an efficient market pricing system, which is often referred to as a fix, according to officials speaking at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's regional conference in London last week.

Credit Suisse First Boston has brought aboard Bikram Chaudhury, a credit structurer at DBS in Singapore, for a similar role in Hong Kong.

Daiwa Securities is considering launching a credit derivatives desk in London.