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To celebrate its 15th anniversary Energy Risk is conducting interviews with veterans who have shaped today's energy markets. This month Katie Holliday talks with energy risk management guru Vincent Kaminski, professor at Houston's Rice University, and…

Credit Suisse has FX Factor

Swiss dealer Credit Suisse has launched its FX Factor index, which is designed to provide exposure to a portfolio of macroeconomic and market-driven FX strategies comprising carry, momentum, valuation, growth, terms of trade and emerging markets. The…

Turner condemns 'rent seeking' banks

Adair Turner, chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority, has accused banks of using financial innovation "to extract economic rents rather than deliver services of real value to the real economy", and called for higher capital levels and…

European CDS dealers to follow US to fixed coupons

An agreement between the major dealers to move to standardised fixed coupons for trading European credit default swaps (CDSs), following a similar move in North America, could speed global moves towards central clearing, say market participants.

SG CIB tries to fix variance swap flaws

In the wake of hefty losses for sellers of variance swaps as volatility spiked last year, Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) is touting products that might make selling variance more palatable for investors.

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