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Safe as houses?
China
Weathering the storm
Risk Australia 2008
Rocked by counterparty risk
The demise of Lehman Brothers has triggered fresh concerns about counterparty risk, creating a wave of novations and forcing dealers to think harder about the possibility of another major derivatives counterparty defaulting. Mark Pengelly reports
All shook up
Structured Products
The price was right
Credit derivatives
Rethinking CDSs
Regulation
Pushed to the limit
Stress Testing
Shorts changed
Short selling
The domino effect
Corporates
Isda applauds $25 trillion reductions in CDS notionals
Daily news headlines
ABA president expresses banks’ anger in letter to US Treasury
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Demand for FX-linked structured products slows
Appetite for FX-linked structured products has waned over the past two months as investors have sought to unwind existing products, particularly structures based on carry trades. Meanwhile today’s decision by the Bank of Japan to cut interest rates from…
Bank of England calls for systemic reform
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Government stakes in banks raise counterparty conundrum
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Claymore commences on Arca with 21 ETFs
NYSE Arca has started trading 21 Claymore exchange-traded funds (ETFs) after they were transferred from NYSE Alternext US, the former American Stock Exchange. The 21 ETFs cover a range of underlying asset classes, from emerging market countries to water…
ETF Securities emits first Carbon ETC in Europe
ETF Securities (ETFS) has listed the first carbon exchange-traded commodity (ETC) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering exposure to the carbon emissions allowance futures market for the first time in Europe. ETFS Carbon tracks the ICE ECX EUA…
Regulators threaten closer hedge fund supervision
Editor's blog
FSA keeps short-selling ban
Daily news headlines
SGX derivatives and ETFs smash records in September
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has seen its derivatives and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) markets set new trading records in September 2008. In the period from July-September, a record 17,369,505 derivatives contracts were traded, marking a 17% increase from…
NDFA releases fifth issue of fixed income plan
NDFA has released its fifth Regular Fixed Income Plan October 08, which benefits from the tax efficiencies for dividend income from non-UK shares. The five and a half-year plan is linked to the FTSE 100 and provides either an annual income of 7.5% per…
Entering an era of hard-line regulation
Editor's blog
Cater Allen Private Banking launches financial recovery product
Cater Allen Private Banking has launched a new product exposing investors to the recovery of the UK banking sector, issued by Abbey National Treasury Services. The Selected UK Banking Plan 2, which is autocallable, is linked to the performance of HSBC,…
DBS Bank aims to compensate investors in event of missell
DBS Bank in Singapore and Hong Kong will take responsibility for products it sold linked to Lehman Brothers if an investigation into misselling of the products yields any evidence. Compensation to investors will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The…