Forwards
US Treasury will exempt forex swaps and forwards from Dodd-Frank
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Source: Risk magazine
Afme's global forex division welcomes the decision, announced on April 29, and calls on European rule-makers to follow suit
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Source: Energy Risk
CFTC cost and timing concerns continue; FTRs and commodity forwards exempted from swaps definition
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Major players show support for California carbon trading
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Source: Energy Risk
First California Carbon Allowance forward underlines US interest in trading, contract standards to evolve as activity increases
US Senator commends House clearing exemption for FX
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Source: Risk magazine
The decision by the US House of Representatives in December to exempt foreign exchange swaps and forwards from mandatory clearing requirements seems sensible, says Judd Gregg, a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban affairs. In...
Knock-on FX
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Source: Risk magazine
Many banks are now including a credit charge in swap and forward transactions, while increased volatility has upped the cost of options. At the same time, the financial crisis has sparked a suspicion of complex products. How are corporate hedgers and...
Targeted hedging
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Source: Risk magazine
Demand for target forwards has taken off in the past two years as liability managers look for more precise ways to manage their foreign exchange (FX) exposures. George Nunn and PK Sinha explore what these 'targeted' FX hedging tools can do and how to...
EEX head seeks equal treatment of forward and futures contracts
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Source: Energy Risk
The chairman of the Leipzig-based European Energy Exchange (EEX) says the EuropeanUnion’s (EU) Investment Services Directive (ISD) should treat physicalforward and financial future commodity contracts equally. Speaking at the World Forum on Energy Regulation...
Detecting market transitions: from backwardation to contango and back
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Source: Energy Risk
Svetlana Borovkova looks at detecting market transitions between backwardation and contango states using the forward curve. In this first part of a two-part article, she introduces two change indicators, which she applies to oil futures prices. Next month,...
The case for financially settled contracts
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Source: Energy Risk
Banks and hedge funds have shied away from trading electricity due to fear and ignorance of the physical nature of the market. But, as Todd Bessemer of Accenture points out, financially settled contracts can avoid the complexity of physical delivery and...
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