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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.
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Deutsche Bank adds to mortgages team
In the latest of a raft of hires to its mortgages team, Deutsche Bank has hired John Critelli as a senior structurer in its agency collateralised mortgage obligation (CMO) group.
Discovery becomes first US asset management client for Trema
Discovery Capital Management, a multi-asset-class emerging market hedge fund with $900 million in assets under management, has introduced Trema Finance Kit, a straight-through processing portfolio analysis, accounting and reporting tool.
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TriOptima terminates €420 billion in rate swaps
The delayed first run of TriOptima’s swap tear-up service, TriReduce, eliminated 7,880 euro-denominated interest rate swaps with a notional value of €420 billion – or about a fifth of the notional value of the credit derivatives market.
Standard Chartered hires interest rate derivatives trader
Standard Chartered Bank has hired Cleber Tinidade as a senior interest rate derivatives trader in its London office.
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…
Political uncertainty feeds US rates volatility
Despite the end of large scale hostilities in Iraq, continuing political uncertainty in the wake of the war is likely to cause increased intra-day US interest rates volatility in the short term, according to research by Deutsche Bank.