Societe Generale
BNP hires former Deutsche commodities head
Trading positions
Japan dealers pitch volatility swap trade to keep up with demand for Topix options
Institutions are creating demand for Topix options, outweighing supply
Demand for Topix options gives dealers hedging headache
Institutional demand for Topix options outweighs supply and is creating basis risk for dealers hedging their positions
Hybrid structured products: investors undeterred by potential for complexity
Joined-up thinking
US investors turning to capital-at-risk products, say banks
Banks are boosting issuance of leveraged notes linked to US equity indexes and notes that pay out when yield curves steepen
Signs of recovery despite uncertainty
Sponsored forum: Luxembourg
Structured products prepare for growth in Asean region
Product placement
Risk Espana rankings 2013
Spanish fiesta turns cold
Institutions overtake retail structured product investors as dominant source of Japan equity option flow
The recent rise in Japan’s equity markets have seen macro hedge funds and asset managers overtake the retail structured product investors as the dominant source of flow on Nikkei and Topix options
Newedge to offer OTC clearing in Asia
Broker seeks to broaden its Asia offering by adding OTC IRS clearing in Singapore
The importance of preventive KRIs
Developing key risk indicators, or KRIs, is a prerequisite for effective risk management
Viva Las Vega: Japan banks take advantage of volatility play
Viva Las Vega!
Central clearing obligations cause collateral headaches in Asia
Collateral thinking
Asia Risk interdealer rankings 2013: The winners
Asia Risk interdealer rankings 2013: The winners
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: Société Générale
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: Société Générale
SG plans to securitise €1.9 billion of derivatives exposure
Deal is said to pay a coupon of 11% for first-loss protection – which some investors say is too low
A changing landscape in commodity derivatives
A changing landscape
Turning points: Frédéric Lasserre, Belaco Capital
Recent years have seen an outflow of commodity derivatives talent from banks towards hedge funds and independent traders. This is the path trodden by Frédéric Lasserre, former head of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking’s commodity research…
People: Credit Suisse reshuffles its global pack
Credit Suisse reshuffles the global pack
