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Emerging market economic growth managed to hang on to much of its momentum over August, according to the latest release of the IHS Markit Emerging Market Composite PMI index. -
Eris Exchange, the US-based futures exchange group, has opened a London office and hired a long-serving Barclays banker to oversee the European operations.
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Crédit Agricole CIB plans to restart its equity derivatives business, and start issuing structured notes with equity underlyings, according to the bank’s head of global markets. The bank sold a €12.5bn notional equity derivatives book to BNP Paribas in 2013, but now plans to get back into the business through its new “Equity Solutions” division.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a document to help market participants navigate the challenges of trading with counterparties in China.
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The quota system under the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme has undergone a total revamp, the Chinese regulators announced on September 5. While the rules represent a further harmonisation of RQFII and QFII schemes, market participants still see obstacles to Chinese assets entering global indices.
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Credit investors have built up close to all-time record long positions in iTraxx indices, with the approaching September roll increasing reluctance to hedge against a potential move wider despite near historically low volatility.
