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The global consortium of dealers that launched the iBoxx credit derivatives indices in Europe and the U.S. has set its sights on launching an Asian credit-default swap index this year.
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Fears that last weekend's group-of-seven meeting would fuel a further weakening of the dollar against the yen caused volatility on the pair to jump last week. -
ING is keeping its Asian equity derivatives operation even though it is selling its cash trading, sales, research and equity capital markets business in the region.
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South African fund manager Invesco has launched a capital protected hedge fund that uses listed and over-the-counter derivatives.
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Issuers of collateralized debt obligations welcomed recent amendments to an accounting rule that threatened the growth of the collateralized debt obligation sector by forcing one of the parties to consolidate the instrument on its balance sheet.
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Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions in London expects to hire two or three professionals by June to join its newly formed specialist research team of four, in order to build its investment consulting business and push for larger institutional clients.
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With just three weeks to go until the scheduled deadline for adherence to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's 2002 Master Agreement Protocol, now more than ever is the time for market participants to consider signing up.1
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Lars Norell, director at Merrill Lynch, expressed frustration with ratings agencies' CDO procedures, saying that they are slow to adapt to structural innovations and require excessive historical data.
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The ongoing fx options trading scandal surrounding National Australia Bank has claimed Frank Cicutto, ceo in Melbourne, and also looks likely to shrink the bank's appetite for derivatives.
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Loic Fery, managing director and global head of credit derivatives and structures at Crédit Agricole Indosuez in London, has been appointed global head of structured credit at the combined entity.
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Lars Norell, director at Merrill Lynch, venting his frustration at rating agencies CDO procedures.
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