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We stopped offering a lot of structured products payoffs because we feel uncomfortable selling them with misleading Kids
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Natixis was very innovative in gaining market share ... [but] they found an innovative way to lose money
Hong Kong-based structuring head at a rival dealer
When people get smacked across the head a few times, they tend to prep a bit more or even over prep
Head of treasury at a European bank
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Dealers consider ditching FRAs prior to Libor’s death
Forward rate agreements won’t work with backward-looking rates; banks explore single period swaps instead
Big Figure
Margins of error
Clearing house CME reported two margin breaches totalling $79 million in the first quarter of the year. The CME attributed the shortfalls to increased volatility, without identifying either the parties or the positions involved. The bigger of the two breaches, $47 million in size, was the largest since public disclosure began in 2015.
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