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Sharp downward moves in EM currencies hurt corporates
Corporates were under-hedged due to high cost of carry versus dollar
Equity strategy launches turn post-crisis corner
Reversal of three-year negative alternative equity sentiment
Quants: how they shaped the modern energy market
Application of quantitative analysis to energy was far from smooth
JP Morgan and Mercuria reveal post-transaction plans
Other commodities moves at Icap, PetroChina, BAML & Evolution Markets
Investors look to profit from record low equity volatility
Hedge funds holding their nerve in game of volatility limbo
Dealers opt to break reporting rules in privacy clash
No easy solution as European and US reporting rules collide with foreign laws
Out of office: banks debate merits of shared processing
Sliding profits are prompting banks to take a new look at an old idea – an industry run back-office utility
Investors poised as banks weigh fixed-income spin-offs
Ultra-high-net-worth investors ready to sink $300 million into market-making revolution
Deutsche and JP Morgan bet on fixed-income muscle
Biggest dealers claim complete, global franchises will have an edge as rivals retreat
Banks spend to save in fixed-income efficiency drive
Wastefulness of 20-year bull market will take years to reverse, dealers expect
More 'adult supervision' needed, SEC's Muoio tells conference
Regulation the main topic at Structured Products Americas
European gas hubs stand to benefit from crisis in Ukraine
Crisis thought likely to accelerate shift towards hub-based pricing
US muni treasurers warn LCR could crimp spending
If US regulators do not count muni debt as highly liquid, issuers fear financing cost rise
Structured product providers eye pension-specific investments
Hopes structured products will soon find a place in pensions
India election drives record equity derivatives volumes
Post-election rally likely to further increase sales later this year
Europe set to be key battleground for index providers
Index providers chase new strategies and compete on fees
New annuities are structured products in all but name
Buffers and baskets have appeal beyond structured notes and CDs
Senior joins Source as MD and head of investment content
Source adds Senior and Mautone as managing directors in London
Private equity provides buyers as insurers divest
Regulators set sights on PE firms as they snap up life businesses
Credit fears hold back US solar securitisation deals
SolarCity deals show potential and pitfalls of new asset class
Insurers mull ways around rules on contract boundaries
Policy amendments a possible method to recognise future profits
Solvency II: firms prepare for Pillar III scrutiny
Insurers prepare for greater disclosure under new reporting rules
Replacing VAR: smaller banks fear expected shortfall workload
Some banks worry they may not have enough data to implement expected shortfall safely
Lobbyists fear UK will be frozen out of top EU roles
Lobbyists say UK isolation damaging industry's voice in Europe