Foreign exchange
S&P and Icap to collaborate on end-of-day valuations
Data provider Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Securities Evaluations has started including interdealer broker Icap’s end-of-day mark-to-market data to help clients value multi-asset class derivatives instruments.
Deutsche Bank wins corporate derivatives rankings
Deutsche Bank has won this year’s Risk corporate end-user rankings, achieving the most votes overall among participating corporate clients globally. Citi and Barclays Capital came second and third, at a time of record merger and acquisition (M&A)…
Towergroup: spending on OTC derivatives technology will reach $1.3 billion in 2011
Firms are spending more on technology to meet growth in the over-the-counter derivatives market. At the same time, there is pressure on technology firms to produce trading platforms to meet the increasing needs of broker-dealers, according to research by…
Deutsche Bank wins corporate derivatives rankings
Deutsche Bank has won this year’s Risk corporate end-user rankings, achieving the most votes overall among participating corporate clients globally. Citi and Barclays Capital came second and third, at a time of record merger and acquisition (M&A)…
Asset managers increasingly use derivatives
Traditional fund managers are increasingly using exchange-traded equity derivatives, as their investment strategies move away from long-only strategies in favour of absolute return, portable alpha and yield enhancement.
US questions best execution
A new paper from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has questioned the operability of best execution.
Arc launches capital protected FTSE tracker
London-based Arc Fund Management, which acquired UK distributor Nvesta last month, is launching a tracker fund aimed at taking advantage of stock market volatility.
IIF proposes agenda to promote financial system stability
IIF letter to Gordon Brown calls for agenda to test financial stability
Project Boat selects partners
Project Boat consortium selects BT Radianz and COLT as client connectivity and infrastructure hosting partners.
ABSA retains Quadrant for Basel II, SOX and IAS 39 advice
Quadrant’s Risk Consultancy Division advices ABSA
Dow Jones and DFM launch sharia-compliant indexes
Dow Jones Indexes and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), UAE’s stock exchange, have launched the Dow Jones DFM Index and Dow Jones DFM Titans 10 Index. The new indexes are part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index series, and follow the methodology of…
ICBA slams Basel II NPR
Independent Community Bankers of America commends the banking agencies' proposal to retain the Tier I leverage ratio and the transitional safeguards as part of the implementation of Basel II capital rules
Macquarie Cook Power begins trading
The Macquarie Group, a global financial services firm, today announced the commencement of trading by Macquarie Cook Power, an electricity trading and marketing company servicing the US energy market.
UK RMBS market remains buoyant
The UK residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market is not expected to experience the same problems that that have blighted the US subprime mortgage market over the past few months, according to analysts from Fitch Ratings.
Commodities to become a core asset class, FSA predicts
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) predicts commodities will become a core asset class for all diversified portfolios.
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