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The overall credit default swap and interest rate derivative trade counts reported to swap data repositories last week increased 24% and 46%, respectively, compared to the same week last year, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

Structured products are back, but not as you know them. Volumes are edging back to pre-crisis levels, but those familiar with the market then will not find the same types of structure on offer today.

At the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's AGM in Montreal on Thursday, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission appeared receptive to evolving discussions of post-trade name give-up on swap execution facilities in light of growing buyside demand for anonymity.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued no-action letters to address trade complications surrounding clerical error trades and has extended no-action relief for SEF execution confirmations.

Despite industry efforts to shift trading on swap execution facilities to electronic central limit order books, voice broking and request for quote systems still play important roles, said industry insiders on Wednesday.

Panellists at the 2015 International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) AGM lamented the lack of global central counterparty equivalence and have called for a number of legislative reviews to rectify it.

Investors have been buying put options on single name stock and exchange traded funds in the energy sector despite the recent energy market rally.

Low volatility and low correlation may provide opportunities for options investors to hedge as market sentiment declines, according to strategists.

The overall credit default notionals and trade counts reported to swap data repositories last week increased 33% and 37%, respectively, compared to the same week last year, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

Investors trading euro/dollar and cable options do not appear concerned about Greece’s potential eurozone exit or medium term effects of UK elections, according to strategists.

The Singapore Exchange and the Bank of China International Holdings have renewed a commitment to collaborate on market expansion of the renminbi.

LCH.Clearnet has appointed two new members to its board of directors from outside the firm.