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Playing catch-up

The back office has found it difficult to keep up with front-office trading, prompting a warning by the FSA over the level of unsigned confirmations in the credit derivatives market earlier this year. Banks are now looking to improve the automation of…

PBOC further liberalises China’s derivatives market

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has issued new regulations allowing banks to trade renminbi forwards and cross-currency swaps in the interbank foreign exchange market. Under the new rules, non-bank companies such as insurance firms and asset managers…

China relaxes RMB derivatives market

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has issued new regulations allowing banks to offer renminbi (RMB) cross-currency swaps for the first time. The regulations also make it possible for more banks, including foreign banks, to get approval to offer RMB…

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Delivering the goods

There’s huge scope for growth in the freight derivatives market, but to attract more players, existing participants need to adopt more innovative and sophisticated trading practices, participants say. Stella Farrington reports

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Growing up fast

Weather trading is seeing strong volume growth in the US, largely due to the influx of hedge funds into the market. Why such a big increase in interest, and what sort of strategies are the funds adopting? By Joe Marsh

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