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The European Securitization Forum plans to estimate the size of the synthetic collateralized debt obligation market. Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's are supplying data for both private and publicly rated deals to give the synthetic CDO sector more transparency, said Simon Collingridge, director in structured finance ratings at S&P in London.

Almost 500 derivatives professionals met at Tokyo's Four Seasons Hotel for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual general meeting. Hong Kong reporter Matt Tremblay reports.

Conference speakers highlighted the importance of non-Japan Asia, and especially China, for future increases in derivatives volumes. "This is the most exciting market in terms of growth potential," said Michele Faissola, managing director and global head of over-the-counter derivatives for global markets at Deutsche Bank in London.

Bill Kelly, managing director and head of interest rate volatility trading at Citigroup Global Markets in New York, has left the firm after approximately 18 years.

Taiwan's Securities And Futures Commission is preparing to launch the onshore equity-linked note market this summer in a step to liberalize the market. "This will happen in June or July," according to an official at the SFC. The SFC had initially planned to launch the products by April (DW, 11/24) but market officials said it had been slowed by issues surrounding the settlement of derivatives as well as negotiations between regulating bodies. The government will likely first permit local houses to offer the products then further open it to foreign players. The official at the SFC declined further comment.

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BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.

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