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Liquid alts advocated part of hedge fund founder exit strategies
Fees lower but flow diversification raises firm valuations
DTCC and Regis-TR blamed for low futures matching rates
Repositories will change stance next year following intervention by Esma
First wave of EU client clearing to catch estimated 400 firms
Two of the 30 firms contacted by Risk say they will fall into Emir’s crucial category two
Commodity trading firms piece together Mifid II jigsaw
Complexity makes precise effect of EU legislation difficult to predict
Internal compliance inertia leads to SEC fines for HSBC
$12.5 million fine for cross border activities with US clients
Life firms set sights on asset management
Insurers are making changes to outmoded business models
China rate cut creates corporate hedging opportunity
Firms looking to de-risk but the Tarf issue could re-emerge
TrailStone's Silbert says the best is yet to come
Former Deutsche Bank commodities head optimistic about new venture
FCA to probe possible conflicts in barrier options
Some buy-side firms avoid illiquid underlyings over manipulation risks
Vietnam faces barriers in drive to set up derivatives market
Reform process underway but global firms need convincing it will succeed
Low volatility boosts interest in coal derivatives
Trading houses and hedge funds said to be taking bigger positions
Service Provider Rankings 2014 dominated by Deutsche Bank
Malta increasingly preferred domicile in Europe
Portfolio managers' pay up 8% as capital flows back to funds
Pay packets up in 2014 as average hedge fund returns 3%
Mercuria deal was driven by economics, says JP Morgan
Bank says economics, not regulation, drove physical commodities sale
SwapClear hopes to crush notionals by $600trn
New approach to compression could help swaps escape leverage ratio pressure
Oil price drop may prove a boon to global growth
But prices may return towards $100 range, says fund manager
Kynikos founder mocks funds' equity picks Tesla and Zillow
Chanos also takes shot at Sotheby's at Sohn conference
JP Morgan expects dispersion of hedge fund returns to increase
Historical composite data unreliable for extrapolating returns
Lawyers tout fixes for CLO risk-retention woes
Affiliates and warehouses could satisfy both US and EU risk-retention rules, lawyers claim
What the leverage ratio means for clearing fees – Citi analysis
The future of swap clearing depends on the finer details of the supplementary leverage ratio
EU stress tests show €14bn funding burden on Italy swaps
Fourteen banks had net exposure to Italy in EU tests, implying huge funding costs
Senators turn up the heat on physical commodities
Fed to issue new rule on bank physical trading in early 2015
New Kospi volatility futures register low volumes
South Korea becomes fifth Asia country to launch volatility futures
Swiss Re resigned to G-Sii designation – Brahin
Reinsurer ready to meet additional requirements