Japan
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FVC custom indexes
Japan dividend futures in virtuous circle
Virtuous circle
Sunrise on Japanese VA hedging
Sunrise on Japanese VA hedging
Local credit rating agencies offer alternative to ‘big three’
First-rate ambitions
Chan remains Asia structured products head at Deutsche following cuts to equities
Susan Chan remains in post at Deutsche Bank following job losses in Hong Kong and Japan as asset classes are consolidated into one structured products group
LNG seen as big winner from nuclear decline in Japan
Japan’s decision last week to remove nuclear energy from the country’s fuel mix by 2040, is set to significantly increase the country’s short-term demand for fossil fuels, especially liquefied natural gas, say analysts
House of the year: Citi
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Best in Japan: Société Générale
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Index innovation: Société Générale
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Equity derivatives house of the year: UBS
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Energy Risk interview: chief fund manager at Japan's Astmax
Taking the long view
Hedging drives demand for Japan dividend futures
Moves by Japan structured product dealers to hedge out their long vega risk have created opportunities in the dividend swap markets for investors. But is this strategy really a one-way bet?
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FVC custom indexes
Expansion of LNG supply to South-east Asia could boost swaps market
As a number of regasification plants start to come online, pricing agencies are looking to offer a region-specific benchmark with the potential to drive up use of LNG swaps
Banks offer combined reinsurance and hedging solution to Japan VA providers
Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japanese variable annuity providers’ new VA offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined with reinsurance
Asia exotic commodity derivatives use to fall further on Ice initiative
Exotic commodity derivatives will become even less attractive to the Asian market following Ice's move to transform swaps to futures
Germany may ditch Fatca if reciprocity agreement not honoured, experts warn
Germany may back away from Fatca if the US is not able to honour an agreement to reciprocate, market participants say
Asia CCPs unlikely to fully comply with Iosco before end-of-2012 deadline
New levels of complexity and ongoing regulatory framework discussions mean full compliance with Iosco’s new principles is unlikely before the January 1, 2013 deadline
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Fatca timeline in question with new Swiss-US deal
A new arrangement between the Swiss and US governments for Fatca compliance brings Fatca timelines into question, expert warns
Cross-border confusion between domestic clearing houses
Cross-border confusion
Japan FSA asks for transparent double-deckers
Double-deckers in for a bumpy ride
Longevity risk transfer market ‘set to boom’ in Japan
Accounting and regulatory changes will drive demand, say participants
Japan investors count cost of falling double-decker returns
End of the road for double-deckers?