Derivatives – Page 4
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PGGM backs EMIR but calls for stressed market liquidity assistance
Dutch pension fund manager wants larger repo market if solution to using non-cash assets is not found
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Royal Mail Pension Plan awards £700m equity options mandate
Postal pension scheme increases derivatives usage after implementing synthetic equity exposure via River & Mercantile
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EC offers pension funds further two-year clearing exemption
European Commission says lack of market infrastructure allowing pension funds to clear warrants further exemption
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PensionsEurope warns of ‘significant burden’ of collateral regulation
Association warns proposals to cap amount of government bonds counterparties can accept would drive up costs
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Austrian pension fund VBV laments regulatory bias against derivatives
Head of asset management complains of regulatory bias against hedging instruments in wake of ECB rate cut
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Pension funds await decision on derivative-trade exemption ruling
Results of debates on how much extra time pension funds will be granted expected this autumn
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Special Report
OTC Swaps Regulation: PGGM: Keeping the faith
All asset managers running liability-driven mandates on behalf of pension funds fear that the European Market Infrastructure
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OTC Swaps Regulation: The view from ESMA
Pension funds have expressed some alarm at the cost implications of EMIR. Rodrigo Buenaventura, head of markets division, offers ESMA’s perspective
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OTC Swaps Regulation: Unintended consequences
The complexity and expense of complying with new collateralisation rules in the OTC market could encourage more risky practices, finds Anthony Harrington
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OTC Swaps Regulation: Connecting the pipes
EMIR will introduce a huge range of new processes into both centrally-cleared and bilateral derivative trades. Iain Morse outlines the work custodians are facing
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OTC Swaps Regulation: Betting on the house
EMIR could push huge volumes of OTC transactions into central clearing houses. But Cécile Sourbes finds that this is as big a challenge as it is an opportunity
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OTC Swaps Regulation: APG: Collateral damage
“Of course, we may have to consider to hedge less if derivatives solutions become too risky or too expensive.”
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OTC Swaps Regulation: A new wave of bond repo?
With the arrival of EMIR, users of derivatives suddenly need to get their hands on a lot of cash. Cécile Sourbes asks if the biggest collateral-transformation market, repo, is up to the task
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Play your swaps cards right
There are still opportunities at the right price for investors looking to hedge their risk via swaps. But, as Gill Wadsworth finds, they must take great care over timing and choice of counterparty
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Special ReportStock lending – worth the candle?
Nina Röhrbein finds that the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the shorting bans in major markets have prompted some European pension funds to suspend their stocklending activities
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Special ReportCommodities attract scrutiny
Investors need to ensure they have suitable knowledge of counterparty risk when dealing with commodities, reports Gill Wadsworth
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Don’t write off CDS just yet
Despite the knocking credit default swaps have received because of the credit crisis, David White finds they can still offer a useful hedge against risk
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ICAP recommends reforms to OTC
A recent report argues the OTC market should improve price transparency but should not move to an exchange traded basis, says Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Special ReportA guide to counterparty risk
Mark Petit and Jeroen van der Hoek of Cardano explain the nature of counterparty risk in some of the most common over the counter (OTC) transactions and discuss how investors in OTC markets have fared in these testing times
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NPRF separates commodity risks
The default of swaps provider Lehman Brothers in October 2008 sent shockwaves through the investment community and made some investors re-examine their commodity swaps positions. One of those affected was Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). With a benchmark allocation of 2% to commodities and forestry, it currently has all ...
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