Barclays Capital
Symbolic first 2020 EU carbon futures trade between JP Morgan and Gunvor
JP Morgan and Gunvor completed the first European Union 2020 over-the-counter European Union Allowance carbon contract on August 6, signalling their confidence in the European carbon markets
Trading positions – August 2010
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
Liquidity critical to OTC clearing, argue dealers
Regulators should consider liquidity when deciding which over-the-counter derivatives should be cleared, say market participants
BP’s oil spill to tighten global oil supply - report
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill will tighten global oil supply as US oil production is set to wane, following expectations the disaster will lead to stricter regulation and closer scrutiny of drilling operations in the US, say Barclays Capital
BNP Paribas hires credit research chief
Arrival of McAdie and Fridson adds weight to BNP Paribas’ research effort.
Quant Congress USA: Economist praises dynamic provisioning
Barclays Capital senior economist praises dynamic provisioning approach to loan losses
Joshi joins Deutsche Bank as head of Emea Equities
After leaving Barclays Capital last Friday, Dixit Joshi, formerly head of equities for Emea and Asia-Pacific at the UK bank has joined Deutsche Bank in a similar role
BarCap hires Schwartz as Americas risk solutions co-head
Former corporate adviser will join from JP Morgan in October
BarCap expands data cost control tools
With an eye to keeping market data costs under control, following its acquisition of Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital launches a new tool
In-depth reports on US and EU regulation, Barclays Capital and Ucits hedge funds
Regulation from the US and EU will impact on hedge funds. Barclays Capital has plans to leverage its acquisition of Lehman’s North American prime brokerage business. Ucits hedge funds explained
Asian demand spurs commodities boom
Asian demand for commodities continues to be insatiable. Alex Davis looks at how western investment banks are looking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growth
Northern exposures
Nordea tops this year's Nordic Risk derivatives rankings
Asian traders lukewarm to renminbi despite US dollar-depeg
Asian exporters and importers are waiting to see more investment and hedging instruments for offshore renminbi before adopting the currency for trading
Funding valuation – a clear and present future
In this roundtable, three leading swaps dealers discuss the changes in derivatives pricing – and in particular, the use of OIS as a discount rate for collateralised derivatives trades.
US investors still sensitive to counterparty risk
Counterparty risk remains a dominant theme for US investors, who are keen to analyse issuer credit ratings and credit default swap levels before buying a structured product. Richard Jory asks senior US industry figures how attitudes to counterparty…
Volatility fears increase after May whiplash
Equity markets suffered a whiplash effect before and after the second weekend of May, with the Eurostoxx 50 dropping 4.26% on Friday, May 7, only to bounce back by 10.35% the following Monday.
Doing it for the Kid
If someone could create a short form document of three or four pages that could alert retail investors to the proceeds and pitfalls of a structured product, then regulators could relax, investors could do their own simple risk-reward analysis and product…
Asia Risk commodity derivatives rankings 2010
Goldman takes the commodity derivatives crown
Containing contango
Commodities are back in favour with investors looking for diversification and absolute returns. But market conditions, coupled with the fact that most commodities remain in contango, means passive beta investments could disappoint. How are dealers…
US Structurer
Structured Products Americas Awards 2010