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Understanding deliverable swap futures Thu, 23/05/2013 - 17:22

By CME Group – With the Dodd-Frank clearing mandate underway, market participants are looking for more capital efficient alternatives for their OTC activity. Deliverable Swap Futures (DSF) may provide a solution for those looking to obtain interest rate swap exposure, but who want the efficiencies and margin savings of standardised Futures contracts.

Henrik Gade Jepsen, chief investment officer, ATP

Three members join EDHEC-Risk Institute’s international advisory board

Fri, 24/05/2013 - 14:10

Three new members have joined EDHEC-Risk Institute’s international advisory board, which brings together scholars, representatives of regulatory bodies and senior executives from business partners and other leading institutions. »

Michael Peters, member of the Eurex executive board

Eurex to roll-out its Euribor Futures initiative

Fri, 24/05/2013 - 12:03

The international derivatives marketplace Eurex Exchange is to start a new initiative to increase the attractiveness of its short-term interest rate derivatives segment by offering new trading and market making incentives for its Three-Month Euribor Futures. »

CBOE begins disseminating volatility index on CME's 10-year US Treasury Note options contract

Fri, 24/05/2013 - 10:06

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and CME Group have begun disseminating values for a new volatility benchmark index using futures options data on CME Group's 10-year US Treasury note contract. »

Dermot F Smurfit appointed chairman of the ML Capital Group

Fri, 24/05/2013 - 06:03

ML Capital has appointed Dr Dermot F Smurfit as chairman of the ML Capital Group of Companies, effective 23 April 2013. »

OTC clearing: Phase two of swaps clearing for Dodd-Frank is only weeks away

Thu, 23/05/2013 - 17:04

New global rules for OTC derivatives have been implemented in the US and are imminent in Europe that will have significant long-term implications for how hedge funds, asset managers and regional banks execute, clear, and report their swap positions. »