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PRAGUE -- The countless hours agonizing over legislation, amendments and white papers are starting to get the better of some industry officials. Frustration was boiling up today at International Swaps and Derivatives Association AGM.

BRAZIL - There is a sense of markets on the move in Sao Paulo these days. A slew of sellsiders are lining up to dive into derivatives from the teeming financial capital. But, as one local dealer put it, the market also needs to shake off its history of being “hyper-regulated.” Perhaps a Caipirinha or two will do the trick.

Vanna is a greatly under-used, higher-order option tool. Apart from being useful in its own right by virtue of its plain definition, it is also a valuable indicator that reveals information about the structure of an option portfolio, as well as the dynamic properties of a portfolio with respect to time. It remains, however, conspicuous by its absence from many traders' and risk managers' typical risk profile matrices. This Learning Curve aims to explain the advantages of vanna and combining it with vomma, another higher-order option.

Governments around the world are refusing to rule out arming their civilian populations as the only way to stamp out the persistent menace of investment banking, an industry that many commentators say has lost its legitimacy.

As E.U. leaders close in on a remedy for future sovereign crises, it’s not looking very good for buyers of protection on sovereign credits.

Central counterparty master bridge agreements and updates to the 2(a)(iii) default provision may not make for headlines as sexy as last year when it comes to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association 2011 Annual General Meeting in Prague, but they will certainly get industry-types excited.

A massive inflow of Chinese investment into South America last year has brought significant short-term benefits, but could worsen the region’s addiction to commodity exports

Venezuela has announced further multi-billion loan-for-oil deals with China, heightening concerns that it may become overreliant on Chinese trade and investment

AMM Events’ Steel Tube & Pipe 2011 will feature speakers from the top oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe producers in North America and abroad. We’ll also bring you the views of executives at flat-rolled mills who are among the biggest providers of substrate to pipe and tube facilities.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the 2011 Stainless and its Alloys Conference will be premiere gathering for high-level executives involved in the stainless, alloys and their raw materials markets in North America

AMM Events is proud to announce its 5th annual Aerospace Materials Conference. This unique event offers a sole focus on the metals and materials supply chain of the aerospace industry with an intense look at the value propositions that drive design and metals choices in aerospace manufacturing

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