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Bank swaps headlock slips as Chicago prop firms join Sefs
HTG, Teza and TransMarket emerge as would-be providers of swap liquidity
Courting the AIIB: dealers eye development bank “goodies”
Beijing-based supranational expected to be heavy swaps user
Kairos laments lack of discipline among hedge fund managers
Inability to strictly manage risk common denominator of failing hedge fund managers
CFTC to clamp down on delays in swap clearing
Agency readies STP push; Isda calls for phased approach and 10-minute limit
How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator)
“Embarrassing … ridiculous”: unnamed regulator lets fly at leverage rules
Bank war on deposits to continue despite US G-Sib relief
Excess cash still too expensive to hold, say dealers
Structured Products Europe Awards 2015: call for entries
Take a look at the categories and find out how to enter this year’s awards
Winners announced in Hedge Funds Review Americas Awards 2015
Victors lauded at Metropolitan Club event in New York on July 30
CCPs need thicker skins - Citi analysis
Analytical approach suggests CCPs should be putting more of their own capital at risk
Locking in returns using quanto structured products
Hedges required to lock in performance on constant currency terms impact product pricing
Dealers fear mix-and-match margining for cross-border swaps
National conflicts in margin rules can only be fixed via mutual recognition
Fresh delay will push EU-US CCP row into September
Decision had been expected in July; dealers sceptical new timeline will hold
CFTC’s Giancarlo backs phased approach to position limits
Agency should wait before implementing non-spot-month limits, commissioner says
Infrastructure funds focus on de-risking energy investments
Investors see opportunities as utilities divest underperforming assets
FCMs try to ‘off-board’ credit and commodity funds
Fee hikes are being used to drive out clients that hog capital
New trading book QIS tackles correlation gripes
Changes proposed for correlation, exotic derivatives and hard-to-model risks
US propane retailer hedges to offer customers stable prices
Michigan's Crystal Flash struggles with basis risk and volatile weather
Greek swaps contract drama continues
Ongoing controls mean some end-user payments are more than a month overdue
The 5% trap: Solvency II brings more woe for ABS
Risk retention rules threaten to force firms to dump legacy assets
FCA expects notification of AIFMD leverage breaches
But admits regulation is ‘silent' on notification obligations
Mariner Coria: the changing face of arbitrage
Fund manager exploits mispricings linked to structured products and derivatives end-user flows
Totem poll: users of Markit service call for change
Libor-like consensus methodology creates bad incentives, clients fear
Structured products market blasts Mifid II complexity test
Strict classification of structured products into 'complex' and 'non-complex' criticised
Video: E.on Global Commodities CRO David Port
Port comments on how risk management will be affected by Uniper spin-off