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TriOptima terminates €420 billion in rate swaps

The delayed first run of TriOptima’s swap tear-up service, TriReduce, eliminated 7,880 euro-denominated interest rate swaps with a notional value of €420 billion – or about a fifth of the notional value of the credit derivatives market.

NYSE Pushing Firms to Store IMs

The use of instant messaging (IM) at trading firms has reached a watershed point, and the popular method of communication is about to fall under regulatory scrutiny on May 2, when the SEC rules 17a-3 and 17a-4 concerning the retention of broker records…

Taking it slow

Hong Kong's banks are, for the most part, targeting the standardised approach outlined in the new Basel capital Accord, but it is hoped that this will act as a catalyst for the further improvements in risk management.

Japanese banks: Turning up the heat

Japan's banks have faced a gruelling few months in the run-up to the fiscal year-end, with a plunge in equity prices putting severe pressure on capital ratios. But a further crisis may be just around the corner, writes Nick Sawyer.

Growing potential

Products that are compliant with Islamic law have the power to break into a market where the western world can reap the benefits

Working in tandem

The insitutionalisation of the hedge fund industry has strengthened administrators' guiding principle ' to provide an honest interface between fund and investor

Duke exits North America prop trading

Duke Energy has closed its proprietary trading business at its North American merchant energy businesses, Duke Energy North America (DENA) and Duke Energy Merchants (DEM). The move by the Charlotte, North Carolina-based energy company was not entirely…

Buy side slow on FpMLtake-up

LONDON - One would be forgiven for thinking that Financial Products Mark-up Language (FpML) is another information exchange standard that has been superseded or has simply run out of steam, given the protocol's low media profile in the wake of the…

Derivatives disclosure calls mount

Warren Buffett's stinging critique of the derivatives business in March represents the latest call for more derivatives disclosure. But despite some notable moves in this direction, most financial institutions remain stubbornly opaque.

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