Derivs - Credit
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Total return futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 can be traded from the US as of Monday, following approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). -
CloudMargin, the web-based margin and collateral management platform, has reached an agreement with Nasdaq Clearing, the clearing subsidiary of Nasdaq.
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The Financial Stability Board on Monday issued a consultation document that sets out proposals for the governance arrangements of a unique code for OTC derivatives transactions.
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A gain in the polls for Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential election bid calmed equity markets this week, with derivatives trading showing a particularly positive uptick in sentiment.
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We noted last month that credit markets are still sensitive to political polls, despite doubts about their accuracy, writes Gavan Nolan.
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BlackRock announced this week that Tim O'Hara, the former head of markets at Credit Suisse, was joining the investment management firm as co-head of global credit.
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Resenthal Collins Group, the US futures broker and clearing company, has recruited Hilton Sheng to head a new structured products division.
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Neil Walker, non-executive director of LCH’s SA and Group boards, is standing down to pursue 'executive commitments' elsewhere.
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It is no secret that a divide — maybe a chasm — has opened up between the US and Europe. Donald Trump’s mercantilist views put his US presidency at loggerheads with the globalist EU, though a post-Brexit UK may yet turn out to be an ideological bedfellow.
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Multinational insurer RSA Group has adopted cloud-based collateral management tool CloudMargin to organize its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and repo portfolios.
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Since December, 2017 has been hyped by market participants as the year of political risk, but this was the week when talk turned to action as French election race bit Europe’s CDS market. Ross Lancaster reports.
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The political polling industry is suffering a crisis of credibility after failing to predict Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. Surely a thorough overhaul of its methods is needed?
