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Call selling gains popularity
Fears of recession and increased volatility have led to the return of strategic overwriting strategies – the selling of call options to gain extra yield.
Yen rise triggers PRDC hedging
The yen hit its highest level against the dollar since August 1995 on March 17, spurring banks to hedge exposures to power-reverse dual currency notes (PRDCs) and other similar structured products.
JP Morgan CDS exposure could top $10 trillion
JP Morgan’s proposed acquisition of Bear Stearns could push the bank’s already formidable footprint in the credit default swaps (CDS) market through the $10 trillion notional barrier, raising questions over the prudence of such large concentrations…
AML technology spend continues
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Barclays reissues Emerging Markets Optimiser after demand for protected growth
Barclays Wealth is reissuing its Emerging Markets Optimiser in response to rising demand for investments that offer reduced risk exposure to high growth areas. The demand continues to increase amid the ongoing turbulence pervading the economic market.
Proposed CFTC merger meets mixed reaction
The US Department of the Treasury has released a blueprint recommending the largest overhaul of the US financial regulatory structure since the Great Depression in a bid to boost US competitiveness in global markets.
Wheels fall off LiquidityHub
London-based liquidity aggregation platform LiquidityHub stopped operating last week, having endured a lack of market interest in the face of the credit crunch.
US reforms mean more bailouts and centralised power
Plans to reform US financial services oversight will open the way for more bailouts of financial companies and more centralised regulation.
Monolines - the nuclear option
XL Capital Assurance and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC) face legal action by three banks after cancelling insurance contracts they had written on asset-backed securities transactions.
FSA admits failings
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Barclays Wealth enhances Defined Returns Plan
Barclays Wealth has launched a new Defined Returns Plan linked to the FTSE 100 index, with an improved annual kick-out option and greater pay-offs for its three and five-year investment options.
Banks sued over ARS lockdown
Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank have been named as defendants in the first wave of legal action by investors left holding illiquid auction rate securities (ARS).
Icap expands property derivatives business into Asia-Pacific
Icap has expanded its property derivatives business into the Asia-Pacific region. The new office will be headed by George Dranganoudis in Singapore, who has held senior roles at the UK-based interdealer broker in Asia and Europe in the past decade.
Bank of Russia and ECB announce joint banking supervision initiative
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SEC chairman backs update to liquidity guidelines
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