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US physical clearing firm gets credit support from CSFB
Investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston is to provide credit support for North American Energy Credit and Clearing’s (NECC’s) services in physical energy markets.
TriOptima executes more CDS tear-ups
TriOptima, the Stockholm-based company specialising in multilateral swaps terminations, conducted a further round of the US Dow Jones CDX credit default swap (CDS) index tear-ups yesterday, tearing up $650 billion in notional with a mark-to-market value…
BarCap adds precious metals dynamic order book to trading platform
Users of Barclays Capital’s cash and derivatives electronic trading platform, BARX for Commodities, now have access to a dynamic order book function for precious metals. Launched today, the new feature allows clients to submit orders which are then…
Algorithmics wins European credit registry contract
Algorithmics, the Toronto-based risk management software company, is to help run a planned Europe-wide credit data service.
T-Zero expects more trades this month following Friday debut
UK-based credit derivatives platform T-Zero expects to see more trades in the next couple of weeks following its inaugural trade on Friday, says Mark Beeston, the platform's president.
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Growth in energy trading has led to a need for better standardisation of contracts and integration of exchanges and trading hubs. But more needs to be done to simplify and streamline the trading process, says Wolfgang Ferse
Taking the screen test
Screen trading is spreading faster than ever in the energy markets and market dynamics are changing as a result. Do interdealer brokers in the market see this advance as a threat or an opportunity? Stella Farrington finds out
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