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CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading
New US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission rules will hasten flow of retail foreign exchange business abroad
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr) has made public for the first time its analysis of trends, risks and vulnerabilities in financial markets
Exchange-traded funds first appeared 20 years ago as transparent, easy to understand alternatives to actively managed funds. But as they have developed some of this transparency and simplicity has been...
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Erste lists first turbos on Romanian exchange
Erste Group Bank AG issued nine individual certificates on to the Bucharest Stock Exchange as it joins the Romanian market.
Lloyds TSB hires leveraged credit director
Bank hires Paul Osment from Evolution Securities.
A dynamic model for leveraged funds
Guido Giese derives a model for the performance and Sharpe ratio of leveraged and inverse index funds that follow a dynamic leveraged trading strategy, that is, they are rebalanced on a daily basis to ensure a constant degree of leverage with respect...
AIFM texts adopted by EU parliament and council
Hedge fund managers based outside the European Union (EU) may have to comply with the alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) directive in order to market products to EU member states, under proposals approved last night (May 17).
HSBC creates high yield sales team
HSBC has created a new sub-investment grade sales platform for bonds and loans for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Heading the bond sales team is Steve Butcher, previously head of high yield sales at Icap. Before joining Icap, Butcher covered high...
Refinancing will cover leveraged loan imbalance, says Fitch
Refinancing will absorb most of the potential funding gap in the US leveraged finance market over the next five years, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. In the report, Bridging the Refinancing Cliff, Fitch says that although recent refinancing...
Regulation consternation
Firm proposals for regulating South African hedge funds are due by mid-2010. But some managers question the need for more regulation.
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