Derivs - Credit
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Populist governments will be tempted to use the opportunity presented by record low yields to borrow money at close to zero interest rates to reverse austerity and fund major spending schemes, according to the authors of a study into long-term asset returns. Meanwhile, an economist elsewhere suggested lax monetary policy has meant sovereign credit default swap (CDS) prices are underrepresenting risks.
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BGC has taken advantage of volatile market conditions and its rivals’ merger distractions to win market share, enlarge its electronic footprint and grow its top line. This has been the year it has all come together for the firm, making it GlobalCapital’s Interdealer Broker of the Year.
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Committed client service and outreach, along with its appetite for derivatives and the performance it has achieved by using them, make BMO Global Asset Management GlobalCapital’s Asset Manager of the Year.
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Credit Suisse’s differentiated approach to clearing has been much praised by clients this year. It combines the responsiveness of a boutique with the platform capabilities that allow its clients to scale. It has become a European champion in a business in danger of being dominated by US banks and is GlobalCapital’s Global Clearing Bank of the Year.
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It has been a year of strong expansion for JCRA with the firm spreading its influence and now regularly working with top tier funds and companies. It has also successfully moved into the FX hedging advisory sector, bulking up around its core offering on interest rates, and using that expertise to benefit UK housing associations and the renewable energy sector, among others. For that, it is GlobalCapital’s Risk Management Advisory Firm of the Year.
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Mayer Brown is GlobalCapital’s Global Law Firm of the Year after an impressive 12 months that comprised working closely with ISDA on new regulations, having a seat on nearly every bank’s legal panel and making a number of key hires in the US.
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Despite huge political headwinds and stiff competition, LCH still dominates European clearing, both in the volumes it processes and the innovation and new product development that it continuously commits to, making it GlobalCapital’s Clearing House of the Year.
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GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Global Derivatives Awards. The winners were unveiled at a gala dinner at the Banking Hall in London on Wednesday night.
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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Heath Tarbert has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Christopher Giancarlo, in issuing a strong warning on the European Union’s EMIR 2.2 rules.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has proposed to ease derivatives rules for US banks, including swap margin requirements.
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The Democrat side of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has come out swinging against agreed changes to the Volcker rule.
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Citadel has cut its operation investing in European high yield, with the departure of one senior portfolio manager who first worked at the firm in 2003.