Inflation
BoJ target leaves Japan inflation swap market unmoved
Doubling Japan's inflation target has been viewed as a big deal internationally but players on the ground say the impact on the domestic inflation market has been limited
Huge RPI swaps move catches market flat-footed
Some dealers said to have suffered losses after surprise decision to leave RPI methodology unchanged
Segreti leaves inflation for prime services role at Barclays
Ralph Segreti set to lead agency derivatives origination at Barclays, with Adam Law taking over the inflation business
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Quadratic Gaussian inflation
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New governor signs revised policy target agreement in New Zealand
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s policy targets agreement will come into effect on the same day Graeme Wheeler takes over as governor; document includes "stronger focus" on financial stability
Interest rates house of the year: Barclays
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Quadratic Gaussian inflation
Quadratic Gaussian inflation
Italy downgrade triggers inflation bond sell-off
Moody's downgrade forces Italian linkers out of index
Outflows for gold ETPs despite high equity market volatility
During May 2012 the price of gold dropped over 6% and investors withdrew over €1 billion from gold ETPs
Lookback
Lookback
Downgrade doomsday: utilities fear swap dealer shortage
Downgrade doomsday
ETFs provide inflation hedge for Asia investors
Inflated expectations
Del Missier: "status quo won't work" for long-dated trades
Dealers will have to change the way they approach long-dated derivatives business, says Barclays Capital’s Jerry del Missier
Indexed to inflation, linked to the FTSE 100
Indexed to inflation
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
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Dealers call for ECB to buy inflation bonds as Italy faces exit from key index
Further downgrades for Italy would cause its inflation-linked bonds to drop out of a Barclays Capital index, prompting mass selling by fund managers, dealers fear
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CPI-linked gilts will not be issued next year, says government
Concerns over unsustainable demand and market fragmentation halt issuance of gilts linked to consumer price index
Inflation estimate errors costing defined benefit sponsors £50 billion
Overestimated inflation projections could be costing UK defined benefit scheme sponsors more than £50 billion in unnecessary funding commitments, a corporate adviser warns
Société Générale adds to rates strategy team
Alberto Brondolo and Julian Wiseman appointed to expand SG CIB’s global rates research efforts
Morgan Stanley offers inflation-linked income product
Inflation meets the FTSE
Trichet bows out with new bond purchase scheme
Jean-Claude Trichet unveils a new covered bond purchase scheme; ECB governing council also agreed to hold interest rates and support Jörg Asmussen for governing council post