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Senate kills proposed OTC energy regulation
The US Senate has blocked a measure to re-regulate the trading of over-the-counter (OTC) energy derivatives. Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic Senator from California, had proposed a bill amendment that would permit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
Citi joins State Street's FX Connect liquidity pool
Citigroup, which failed in efforts to create a merger of e-FX portals FXall and Atriax, ahead of Atriax's collapse late last week, has joined State Street's FX Connect as a liquidity provider.
Deutsche Bank eyes Canadian energy market
Deutsche Bank has expanded its energy derivatives trading business by opening a Calgary office.
Basel II securitisation paper planned for October
Global banking regulators plan to issue on October 1 a working paper on the treatment of asset securitisation in the Basel II banking Accord, one of the issues that prompted its delay until late 2006.
Credit Markets Update: HVB spreads up on Kirch and other concerns
Subordinate protection costs on Munich-based HypoVereinsbank (HVB) surged 12 basis points briefly today, as it became the latest financial institution dragged into Kirch Media's bankruptcy. Within 30 minutes of trading, senior protection on HVB traded at…
CME and GSCC team to offer eurodollar futures cross-margining
Clearing members of both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (GSCC) can start cross-margining buy-sell and repo US government securities against eurodollar futures and options from April 12.
Mitsui Sumitomo builds unemployment rate derivatives
Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance plans to develop derivatives linked to unemployment rates in Japan as a means for companies to hedge their exposures to large fluctuations in domestic unemployment rates.
US trade associations step up opposition to Feinstein bill
A number of prominent US trade associations, along with leading financial and energy institutions, have called for the US Senate to veto efforts by Senator Dianne Feinstein to amend US energy legislation that would see more oversight of derivatives.
Vasan to co-head equity derivatives at CSFB
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has named Philip Vasan co-head of its equity derivatives and convertibles unit, according to an internal memo.
Totem hires new head of rates and currencies
Totem Market Valuations, the London-based valuations clearing house, has hired Nigel Hyde to expand its interest rate and currency derivatives services. He replaces Anthony Robson, but Totem declined to say where Robson was moving to.
HKEx to launch Dow futures next month
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) plans to start trading Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures on its subsidiary, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, by May 6, according to HKEx.
New online FAS 133 tool developed for corporate hedgers
New York-based risk management system provider Reval has developed an online derivatives hedging service, Reval Express. It is intended to provide an affordable means for US corporates that hedge only lightly to comply with derivatives Financial…
Eurex blames dealers for system limits
Swiss-German derivatives exchange Eurex is clamping down on dealers that overload its system with transactions and price information. The exchange said the growing use of automated quote engines by dealers threatens to overload its trading capacity and…
GFI to use CSK’s Slingshot for trading portal
Interdealer broker GFI is implementing CSK Software’s Slingshot product to stream real-time data into Web-based products, including a new trading portal. The project is part of a larger market data strategy at GFI.
Deutsche hires head of IT for global markets derivatives
Deutsche Bank has hired Diane Brunsden from JP Morgan Chase spin-off Arcordia Solutions as global head of information technology for its global markets derivatives division.
Korea's Daishin Securities contracts Kamakura for market risk
Daishin Securities has signed up to use Kamakura Corporation's technology to manage its market risk activities at its Seoul-based head office. Daishin is Kamakura's seventh Korean trading firm client.
BofA fills sales gaps with derivatives experts
Banc of America Securities, the investment banking arm of Bank of America (BofA), has hired a number of derivatives experts in London to fill gaps in its sales team. The hires are part of a bid to expand the bank’s European fixed income and derivatives…
SEC chairman calls for stock option re-think
Executive stock option plans should be approved by shareholders and used to reward long-term success rather than short-term performance, said Harvey Pitt, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Evolution creates chief executive role
Evolution, the London-based financial markets technology consultancy firm, has hired Peter Robin as its chief executive, a newly created role.
European insurers in joint effort to cover ‘terror risks’
Leading European insurance groups are set to combine resources to establish a Luxembourg-based company to cover property against acts of terrorism.
SSB ramps up credit structuring
Salomon Smith Barney's (SSB) credit derivatives group in New York has hired collateralised bond obligation (CBO) structurer Steve Segretta from CIBC World Markets. Doug Warren, co-head of SSB's credit derivatives unit, said he is looking to hire two to…
eSpeed licenses futures trading patent to Ice
Technology company eSpeed has licensed its electronic futures trading patent to online energy platform Intercontinental Exchange (Ice). The move will enable Ice to expand its electronic trading platform to cover energy futures and options contracts…
Measurisk chief executive moves to K2
K2 Advisors, the New York-based fund of hedge funds with $1 billion under management, has hired Kelsey Biggers as a managing director of risk management. Biggers was previously chief executive, vice-chairman and co-founder of Measurisk, a New York-based…
Henderson signs with Xenomorph for derivatives support
Henderson Global Investors, a subsidiary of the Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP), has selected Xenomorph to provide risk management for derivatives support across a range of investment products.