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Institutional demand for Topix options outweighs supply and is creating basis risk for dealers hedging their positions
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The recent rise in Japan’s equity markets have seen macro hedge funds and asset managers overtake the retail structured product investors as the dominant source of flow on Nikkei and Topix options
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New Zealand Stock Exchange to launch equity derivatives to meet demand for hedging instruments
Last summer, banks in the Japan structured products market were hit hard by moves in volatility – but some banks saw this as an opportunity to recycle risk to European pension funds
When the Nikkei slumped last May, banks were forced to sell volatility to protect positions built up through the sale of uridashi products – leaving many with losses. A rally in the index at the end of the year inflicted further pain. In total, the...
Securities firms in China have begun trading OTC equity derivatives, with a final master agreement expected soon
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