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Stefan Bollharder, former head of Asia proprietary trading at Julius Baer in Zurich, has rolled out Hedge Vision Japan, a Japan-focused long/short fund on Nov. 8.
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Japanese banks are starting to follow European and U.S. counterparts down the synthetic collateralized loan obligations route. -
Nomura in London is planning to expand its structured equity business.
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Consider the following: a Bermuda limited-partnership hedge fund and an investment bank are parties to an interest-rate swap under a master agreement.
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SG Corporate & Investment Banking this month is pricing a handful of follow-on static synthetic collateralized debt obligations referencing high-grade U.S. residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities.
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A handful of dealers including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan are pricing capital-guaranteed calls on European equity variance and are pitching the structure to institutions and high-net-worth investors.
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UBS is marketing globally its first public investment-grade rated equity tranche.
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The price of protection on Tribune Co. tightened about 40 basis points last week after news emerged that Los Angeles billionaires Eli Broad and Ronald Burkle are joining forces to make a preliminary bid for the Chicago-based media company.
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UBS has started selling Vietnamese equity-linked investments in the form of market-access products such as total-return swaps and equity-linked notes.
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Hedge funds started selling long- as well as short-dated U.S. dollar/yen volatility last week, causing implied volatility across maturities to set all-time lows.
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Deutsche Bank has been named Global Derivatives House of the Year by the editors of Derivatives Week.
