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Former Goldman head quant moves to Morgan Stanley
Former head of credit risk quantitative modelling at Goldman Sachs, Eduardo Canabarro has joined Morgan Stanley’s fixed-income quantitative modelling team.
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley launch Trac-x Japan CDS index
US investment houses JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are merging their Japanese credit derivatives indexes Janice and MSJ-CDS, respectively, into Trac-x Japan, a new tradable index that tracks the 50 most liquid Japanese credit default swaps (CDS).
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to launch Trac-x Europe options
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are launching options on their Trac-x Europe credit default swap index this afternoon.
Delayed trac-x Europe launches today
Trac-x Europe, part of a family of credit default swap indexes being assembled by JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, debuted trading today. A funded format is due to start trading the week of June 30. This follows a delay of about six weeks.
Deutsche hires Blyth to run rates arbitrage unit
In the latest example of a growing industry trend, Deutsche Bank has set up a new proprietary trading unit, to be run by Stephen Blyth, which will specialise in interest rates' relative value and arbitrage. Europe is currently believed to be particularly…
More dealers sign up to new credit derivatives matching service
BNP Paribas, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs and UBS Warburg are the latest dealers to sign up to a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service, which the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch…
Deutsche Bank hires head of institutional sales in Asia
Deutsche Bank has hired Denis McCarthy as director and head of institutional sales, Asia, for its global equity derivatives business.
Emerging markets credit derivatives index debuts
JP Morgan Chase has begun formally showing prices on its Emerging Markets Derivative Index (EMDI) – a tradable portfolio of five-year credit default swaps (CDS).
Leading dealers sign up to new CDS matching service
JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley have signed up for a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch in June.
Trac-x gains market maker support
BNP Paribas has signed up to make markets in the Trac-x Europe credit default swaps index initiative established by JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. Other major dealers are also looking into offering market making services in Trac-x products, with…
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley team to launch new credit indexes
JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley plan to issue a raft of new 'Tracx' credit default swap indexes over the coming 12 months. The two have already launched their own versions of such products under the names Hydi and Jeci for JP Morgan Chase, and Tracers…
STP - Morgan Stanley Speeds FIX Monitoring
To better manage exposures, the firm realized traffic running through its electronic trading network had to be monitored in real time.
Merrill hires forex derivatives marketer
Jim Crimmins will join Merrill Lynch in New York early in March as a senior foreign exchange and interest rates derivatives marketer. This is a new position, which will "add strength" to the team, said a spokesperson at the bank in New York.
Morgan Stanley says restructuring will not be required for capital relief
A subcommittee will recommend to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision that capital relief from credit derivative hedging should not require the inclusion of restructuring as a credit event, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a report yesterday.
G30 proposes major clearance reforms and emphasises risk issues
The Group of Thirty (G30), an association of private and central bankers, today issued an ambitious blueprint for a reform of the global securities clearing and settlement system. The initiative comprises 20 recommendations, designed to reduce investor…
Morgan Stanley and Axa sued over CBO management
Jersey-registered collateralised bond obligation (CBO) investor Beaford is suing US investment bank Morgan Stanley and French insurer Axa, along with a number of its subsidiaries, for failing to properly manage three CBOs between 1996 and 2002. Morgan…
Ethical ETF launches on Borsa Italiana
A new euro-denominated ethical index exchange-traded fund (ETF) started trading on the Borsa Italiana – the Italian stock exchange – today. The Ethical Index Euro ETF (ticker B1ET IM) is the first ethical ETF in Italy.
Morgan Stanley creates 124 more managing directors
US investment bank Morgan Stanley has promoted 124 of its staff to managing directors, taking its total number of staff at that level to 983. Stephen Blyth, a New York-based options trader and Risk contributor, was among those promoted.
iBoxx licenses indexes for exchange-traded funds
Frankfurt-based indexing company iBoxx and Pennsylvania-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) company iShares have struck a deal to license iBoxx indexes as the basis for European fixed-income ETFs to be launched on Deutsche Börse. The new products are…
New trading allegations hit El Paso
Allegations that Houston-based El Paso swapped power contracts with Morgan Stanley to avoid a restatement of earnings sent shares of the troubled energy company tumbling today.
Loan hedgers shy away from CDS market
Despite a surge in European lending activity during the past three months, many banks have decided not to hedge their risk with credit default swaps (CDSs), according to research by Morgan Stanley.
Credit ratings come into FX focus
Credit ratings are becoming increasingly significant to foreign exchange market players, with downgrades increasing in the current economic downturn, market participants told RiskNews ' sister publication FX Week .
Diversification of Morgan Stanley
One year after Sept. 11, Morgan Stanley contemplates a simple thought with complex repercussions: Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
Weak equity markets continue to fuel widening in European credit spreads
Equity weakness continued to dominate the direction of European credit default swaps, pushing the cost of protection wider for volatile insurers and telecoms.