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Senate upholds EPA carbon regulation powers
The US Senate voted against stripping the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its powers to regulate carbon emissions yesterday, and is now set to consider a new energy bill without a cap-and-trade element
Inflation head leaves Deutsche Bank
Options trader also moves on
Daiwa names Kan head of derivatives structuring
The Japanese bank continues to build up its equity and derivatives operation in Hong Kong.
Deutsche Bank boosts bond origination team
Reid Payne, Maryam Khosrowshahi and Anatoli Kossarik join Deutsche Bank’s CEEMEA debt capital markets team.
Doing it for the Kid
If someone could create a short form document of three or four pages that could alert retail investors to the proceeds and pitfalls of a structured product, then regulators could relax, investors could do their own simple risk-reward analysis and product…
German short sell ban snares long euro FX derivatives
Long euro derivatives positions caught up in proposed legislation, while doubts remain over the exemption of market-makers
Sovereign CDSs cause systemic concern
Increased protection selling on sovereigns raises fears about systemic risk
Naked euro currency swaps face same fate as CDSs in Germany
Germany broadens shorting ban scope
Metal mania
China is the world’s fastest-growing consumer of base metals and its appetite for raw materials has resulted in a staggering growth in onshore listed derivatives. But its relevance to the institutional markets is still limited. Georgina Lee reports
Deutsche Bank halted sovereign CDS trading after Bafin ban
The German bank was not the only dealer to have temporarily put a stop to eurozone sovereign credit default swap trading
US inflation options sponsored forum: Recovery and development
The inflation market has had a challenging few months. In particular, many dealers were hurt by short positions in 0% inflation floors, causing sizeable losses for some firms. Sponsored by BGC Partners, Risk convened a panel of major inflation dealers in…
Conference warns of rising complexity in leveraged ETFs
Investors searching for good value and transparency have flocked to exchange-traded funds. But this demand is now driving increasing complexity, and speakers at the first Art of Indexing Europe conference in Frankfurt warned of the pitfalls of messing…
Prime brokers move towards independent SAS 70 checks
Prime brokers have focused on bolstering asset security for clients after billions of dollars of client assets were caught up in the administration of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE).
Solvency management provides reinsurance opportunity
Testing economic conditions have prompted widespread moves by life insurers to reinsure their liabilities in order to gain capital relief. As the situation eases, will demand for reinsurance fall, or are other factors coming to prominence? Blake Evans…