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US agriculture committee plans to ban naked CDSs
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Derivatives trades rise on falling rouble
Forex derivatives volumes have soared in Russia as investors react to the plunging value of the rouble.
US agriculture committee plans to ban naked CDSs
The US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has published a draft bill seeking to limit the holding of credit default swap (CDS) contracts to market participants owning the bonds of the reference entity in question.
BoJ plans to inject $34bn to aid corporate funding
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has become the latest central bank to unveil plans aimed at bolstering the corporate debt market, with plans to buy up to ¥3 trillion ($33.7 billion) of outstanding commercial paper (CP) to help ease funding pressure suffered by…
Cash-settlement auctions working, says Isda
The auction process for cash-settling credit derivatives trades has been tested recently but is working well, said Bob Pickel, chief executive of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, at a symposium held by the organisation in New York on…
Ecuador recovery set at 31.375% in first sovereign CDS auction
The recovery rate for government bonds issued by the Republic of Ecuador was set at 31.375% today, in an auction to cash-settle sovereign credit default swap (CDS) contracts linked to the country's debt.
Ready for any weather
Roderick Bruce looks back at the highlights of the Weather Risk e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk in late November
Ready for takeoff?
With aviation joining the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012, Alex Meredith of Hunton & Williams asks whether the aviation sector is ready and looks at the potential impact on the carbon market
Liffe prepares for CDS clearing launch in US
London-based derivatives exchange Liffe, which launched its joint central clearing solution with LCH.Clearnet for credit default swaps (CDSs) in Europe on December 22, will roll out the service to US customers in the next few weeks.
Liquidity floods into Powernext Gas
French exchange Powernext's recently-launched natural gas spot market has already become the most liquid in continental Europe, says Powernext.
BPS and RiskBusiness announce integrated GRC platform
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