Foreign exchange
Swiss Re’s Conning to manage post 2012 fund
Conning Asset Management Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of Swiss Re, has been appointed to manage a pioneering EUR 125 million post-2012 Carbon Credit Fund.
EC outlines changes to Capital Requirements Directive
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on over 50 technical changes to the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD), which sets out the regulatory capital financial institutions must hold to cover their liabilities.
Emerging markets could produce next boom-bust cycle
As regulators clamp down on securitised products, leveraged investors are racing to new markets. JP Morgan analysts say the crisis might be shifting leverage from structured products to emerging markets.
Market abuse crackdown
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Fallon calls for central banks to take charge
Responsibility for banking supervision must reside with central banks, insists a former UK government minister.
UBS launches dry freight index
UBS has launched a tradeable index with dry freight derivatives as the underlying, dubbed the UBS Blue Sea Index (UBS-BSI).
UBS launches tradable investment benchmark for freight derivatives
UBS Investment Bank has launched the UBS Blue Sea Index, a tradable benchmark for global investments in the freight derivatives market, constructed using liquid, actively traded dry-bulk Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs). “The UBS Blue Sea Index opens up…
Commerz launches its first structured product for UK market
Commerzbank Corporates & Markets (CBCM) has launched its first structured product targeted at the UK market. The UK Premia Fund is a Ucits III compliant fund linked to the Commerzbank Rolling Reverse Convertible Strategy index UK (Cobarc UK). The index…
UBS launches freight market investor index
Investment Bank UBS has launched the UBS Blue Sea Index (UBS-BSI), the first tradable investment index in the dry freight derivatives market.
Invesco PowerShares unveils first active equity ETFs
Invesco PowerShares has launched the first three actively managed equity exchnage traded funds (ETFs), as well as an actively managed fixed-income ETF, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca.
Dollar low helps push crude to new record
Crude Oil reached a new record of $119.90 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today amid ongoing supply concerns and a new record low for the US dollar against the Euro, leaving investors looking for an inflation hedge.
New derivatives disclosures will be “significant burden”
Tougher disclosures required by the Connecticut-based Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will be a “significant burden” for companies using derivatives, said Hee Lee, New York-based partner in Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Office and…
Bank of England will swap gilts for RMBS
The Bank of England will step in to improve the balance sheets of UK banks by allowing them to swap illiquid mortgage-backed securities for treasury bills.
Crude surpasses $117 amid supply disruptions
Crude oil for May delivery hit an all time high of $117.76 per barrel in intraday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today, closing at $117.48/bbl.
BlueNext launches EUA Futures
Environmental exchange BlueNext has listed its first derivatives contracts, offering EU Allowance (EUA) futures with December 2008 to 2012 maturities.
Heed the warning signs
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StanChart nabs Lehman talent for new structured products team
Standard Chartered Bank is strengthening its structured products capability with the creation of a new team. As part of the move, Lehman Brothers’ Remy Klammers has been appointed global head of fixed income trading, a new position which will amalgamate…
Lyxor launches four new ETFs with exposure to Asia and Eastern Europe
Lyxor Asset Management, the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) arm of Société Générale, has launched four new ETFs offering access to South Korea, Hong Kong, Turkey and Eastern Europe, through shares traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Crude tops $116 in volatile trading
Crude oil for May delivery hit an all time high of $116.10 per barrel in intraday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today.
Evans joins Citi as subprime losses mount
Citi yesterday announced that it had hired Richard Evans as chief risk officer for its institutional clients group.
Dealers work towards clearing house for credit derivatives
A group of dealers hoping to avoid the systemic implications of counterparty risk are working with the Clearing Corporation on the establishment of a central clearing house for certain credit derivatives products.
New $115 high for crude
Crude oil for May delivery hit an all time high of over $115 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today.
Barclays Capital boosts power market analysis
The investment banking division of Barclays Bank has acquired the assets of Powerlytix, a provider of fundamental market data analysis for the US electricity and natural gas markets.