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The Indian regulator is reportedly preparing to increase limits for domestic futures positions, which is expected to trigger a surge in over-the-counter derivatives volumes.

Korean banks have recently started offering Nikkei-linked products as end users look for alternatives to the domestic market.

American Capital Access has tweaked the structure of a collateralized debt obligation it is marketing to investors, in a move that limits its flexibility as a collateral manager.

Merrill Lynch has hired five staffers as part of an on-going effort to expand its strategic solutions group.

Merrill Lynch is making a push into the collateralized loan obligations business and has hired Wolfgang Schubert, v.p. in structured credit at JPMorgan in New York, as part of the effort.

National Australia Bank has beefed up its U.S.-based foreign exchange team with the hire of a new head of forward trading and the transfer of a senior strategist to New York.

Japan's Shinsei Bank has hired Stuart Baker, managing director and Asian head of debt markets at ING Financial Markets in Singapore, in a new role in Tokyo as general manager and head of fixed income trading.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published proposals that could put the brakes on trusts issuing structured notes that repackage various securities, including equity, into asset-backed securities.

Merrill Lynch has hired two of the biggest names in the burgeoning U.K. inflation derivatives market: Jacob Oppon and Christian Alibert, both from Royal Bank of Scotland in London.

Skandia Investment Management has started marketing a structured retail product that gives exposure to a basket of five funds through a call option.

David Barker, managing director of risk management products at UBS in Frankfurt, has resigned after nine years at the firm.