A merging together

Dealers are hoping that the merger of Trac-x and iBoxx, along with the CJ 50 in Japan, will improve liquidity in Asia’s credit default swap market, opening the door for a new generation of credit derivatives products based on the indexes. Mia Trinephi reports

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The institutions leading Dow Jones Trac-x, iBoxx and the CJ 50 have given into market pressure and agreed to merge their indexes into a single, global family of credit default swap (CDS) index products. Both dealers and investors have welcomed the move, having long said that the credit derivatives market, especially in Asia, isn’t deep enough to support more than one index.

“This merger was done based on the market feedback. We just didn’t do the merger because we felt like doing it. It was

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