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  • Lux Boutique, Swedbank Launch ‘Airbag’ Fund 03/09/2010 04:37 PM GMT  

    Structured products boutique Luxembourg Financial Group and Swedbank recently launched a fund that uses short- and long-term options to capture growth from a range of underlyings while employing a mechanism to help mitigate losses in case the fund performs badly.

  • Patrick Pearson Exclusive Q&A 03/04/2010 06:42 PM GMT  

    Patrick Pearson, head of financial markets infrastructure within the European Commission's internal market division in Brussels, told Derivatives Week in an exclusive interview with London reporter Rob McGlinchey that the Commission is collecting data from dealers and end-users with a view to drawing up a benchmark of bid/ask spreads. The aim is to help shave users' hedging costs and determine how expensive it would be on top for users to clear their trades.

  • Ex-Commerz Trader Joins Jefferies 03/04/2010 06:00 PM GMT  

    Thomas Williams, an exotics rates trader formerly with Commerzbank in London, has joined Jefferies International in a newly created role.

  • BNP Fixed Income Salesman Departs 03/04/2010 09:33 AM GMT  

    David Arnold, Asia head of fixed income institutional sales for BNP Paribas, left the firm last week.

  • Amias Berman Seeks U.S. License 03/03/2010 08:47 AM GMT  

    Amias Berman & Co., the fixed income advisory, origination and brokerage, is close to scoring a license from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will allow it to do business with U.S clients using an onshore broker’s license.

  • B of A Hires Japan FX Chief 02/26/2010 08:13 AM GMT  

    Bank of America has hired Joseph Kraft to head up the firm’s Japanese fx sales and trading business in Tokyo.

  • Forward Volatility Trades Take Off 02/25/2010 09:27 PM GMT  

    Forward volatility agreements—which allow users to speculate on future volatility—are growing in popularity among real money managers such as pension funds and insurance companies.

  • Goldman Structuring Exec Tipped For UBS 02/24/2010 08:02 AM GMT  

    Raymond Wong, a managing director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and a member of the firm’s China corporate coverage team, left the firm last week and is tipped for a structuring role at UBS.

  • Barclays Offers Interest Rate-Linked Notes 02/22/2010 06:27 PM GMT  

    Barclays Capital has launched five-year structured notes, with a portion referencing three-month Euribor and another three-month Swiss franc Libor.

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