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Structured products linked to real assets and credit back on the menu...
The Italian structured products market is seeing a pick-up as institutional investors demand exposure to physical assets and credit
The scrapping of the level 1 and level 2 distinction for liquid assets is also discussed as the committee reviews the liquidity coverage ratio
Dealers will present their case as to why the ECB should buy linkers as well as nominal bonds in a conference call today
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Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
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Credit derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
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Inflation derivatives house of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
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Dealers call for ECB to buy inflation bonds as Italy faces exit from...
Further downgrades for Italy would cause its inflation-linked bonds to drop out of a Barclays Capital index, prompting mass selling by fund managers, dealers fear
Supervision not regulation, says SEB's Hansen
Rather than rushing to increase regulation and potentially creating compliance costs and regulatory risks, authorities should be getting involved at the ground level to improve supervision, says Lars Hansen, Swedish insurer SEB Life’s chief risk officer...
Germany downgrade threat sees eurozone CDSs widen
Eurozone CDS spreads were back on the rise today after Standard & Poor's warned it could downgrade 15 eurozone member states, including Germany
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