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Abbey launches its first commercial property bond

Abbey in the UK has launched the first capital guaranteed commercial property-linked bond. The bond has a five-year or seven-and-a half-year investment term, offering 100% or 125% of any growth of the FTSE All UK Property Index (NAV).

The correlation debate

In response to an article on asset value correlations for retail banking portfolios, published in the July issue of Risk, Ashish Dev of KeyCorp argues that the current Basel II rules are slightly too liberal for high-quality credit cards and overly…

The MiFID Threat

Thanks to compliance, many of the European Union’s smaller exchanges now face fresh competition.

CME, CBOT to merge

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is to merge with the Chicago Board of Trade in a move the exchanges say is “expected to transform global derivatives markets.”

Barclays bullish on oil

Crude oil's recent slide is set to reverse with prices returning to over $70 by the end of the year, Barclays Capital says in its latest commodity research.

DME reveals trading platform details

Energy futures exchange the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), due to launch in the fourth quarter of this year, has unveiled details of its trading platform.

Nine Banks Organize to Build Mifid Utility

LONDON—Nine global securities firms have gone public with plans to create a trade data and market data dissemination platform to take advantage of the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) market structure reforms.

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