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Asia Risk technology rankings 2011: The results!
Buyouts and divestments were not the only interesting developments shaking up the delivery of risk management, pricing and analytics, and trading technology in the Asia-Pacific region during the past year. New rules and regulations were also a…
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Major banks move to aggregate swap execution facilities
Day of the aggregators
Index roundup
Index roundup
Middleware key to clearing success
The ware-rich project
CFTC starts swap execution facility regulation discussions
US regulator is working on registration procedures, as well as market abuse codes, says CFTC CIO Rogers
Dodd-Frank sees processing firm as 'swap execution facility'
Markit/DTCC joint venture will register as designated swap execution facility under US financial reform, despite having no plans for trade execution
Bloomberg launches derivatives valuation service
Bloomberg has launched a derivatives valuation service that aims to increase transparency and flexibility in the market
Vol and correlation cause equity derivatives pain
Hedge funds and dealers reported to suffer losses from recent equity derivatives moves
Sovereign CDSs cause systemic concern
Increased protection selling on sovereigns raises fears about systemic risk
Stress-test success masks bigger problem with banks
The US government's bank stress tests appear to have been successful in stabilising financial markets, but some market observers believe they are obscuring broader systemic problems and could hamper efforts to deal with toxic assets.
Wheels fall off LiquidityHub
London-based liquidity aggregation platform LiquidityHub stopped operating last week, having endured a lack of market interest in the face of the credit crunch.
UBS and Bloomberg launch CMCI Food Index
The new UBS Bloomberg CMCI Food Index provides direct exposure to the food sector.
LiquidityHub adds dollar interest rate swaps
London-based electronic trading consortium LiquidityHub today added dollar interest rate swaps to its fixed-income liquidity-aggregation system.
JP Morgan designs emerging-market forex carry index
JP Morgan has created an index that seeks to exploit the carry trade in emerging-market currencies.
Diamond derivatives draw concern after Antwerp talks
Worries have been raised in the diamond industry about plans aimed at creating a derivatives market in the gems, which were aired in Antwerp last week.
LiquidityHub expecting launch in Q3
London-based electronic trading consortium LiquidityHub plans to start distributing the liquidity of 15 banks in interest rate swaps by the third quarter of this year.
Trading platforms strike deal with LiquidityHub
LiquidityHub, the London-based electronic trading consortium, has signed agreements to distribute its liquidity in the interest rate swap and US Treasury bond markets across the Reuters and Bloomberg trading platforms.
Working group to set up diamond derivatives
After a meeting with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, UK-based cut diamond market data provider Polished Prices is putting together a working group aimed at creating a market in diamond derivatives.
JP Morgan launches implied volatility indexes
JP Morgan has launched indexes tracking the level of implied volatility in G7 and emerging-market economies.
First moves on diamond derivatives
UK-based diamond market data provider Polished Prices, with New York-based news service Bloomberg and three international banks, has published a discussion paper on developing a market for diamond derivatives.