http://www.derivativesweek.comhttp://new.derivativesweek.com©2010 Derivatives Week60New UnderlyingAmias Berman has expanded its European fixed income structured products team with the hire of two former Citigroup saleswomen.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2628008/Broker-Expands-In-Fixed-Income.htmlFri, 09 Jul 2010 19:03:45 GMTThe planned pilot project to trade credit default swaps in China will still happen this year, according to a well placed official in Beijing. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2618527/Chinese-CDS-Pilot-Likely-To-Go-Ahead.htmlFri, 25 Jun 2010 02:57:22 GMTEuropean lawmakers have proposed a ban on financial services employees being allowed to hedge their bonus payouts. The hedges popped up last season when deferred bonus payouts were being pushed by regulators and staffers. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2603476/Europe-Looks-To-Ban-Bonus-Hedging.htmlFri, 18 Jun 2010 16:34:59 GMTThe sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Bahrain and Dubai are set to buy a USD1.25 billion life settlement bond—a sizeable slug for an oft-touted market that is still fairly illiquid. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2602493/USD125B-Life-Settlement-Deal-In-the-Works.htmlThu, 17 Jun 2010 18:05:00 GMTCredit Suisse has launched a 13-month capped leveraged structured note linked to both a basket of Asian equity indices and their corresponding currencies. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2601126/CS-Launches-Asian-Hybrid-Note.htmlWed, 16 Jun 2010 16:03:06 GMTCitiFirst, the structured products arm of Citigroup, has launched its CUBES commodity-linked algorithmic strategy and indices in the U.S. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2597277/Citi-Launches-US-Commodity-Algo-Indices.htmlTue, 15 Jun 2010 21:32:00 GMTAsset managers and registered investment advisors have urged issuers to keep structured products simple in order to garner interest from clients, at a time when more exotic structures written on algorithmic indices begin to find favor.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2596823/Buyside-Keep-Structured-Products-Simple.htmlTue, 15 Jun 2010 18:47:00 GMTGrowth in the property derivatives market will depend on the level of corporate exemptions in forthcoming E.U. over-the-counter derivatives legislation. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2594313/End-User-Exemption-Seen-As-Key-Property-Driver.htmlFri, 11 Jun 2010 14:42:00 GMTJapanese banks are looking for a foreign bank to act as a market maker of property derivatives in order to help kick start the nascent business to life, hoping an experienced player will help blaze a trail for themhttp://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2583567/Japan-Locals-Eye-Foreign-Property-Kickstart.htmlThu, 03 Jun 2010 04:57:53 GMTInterdealer broker Tullet Prebon has shut its Asia Pacific property derivatives desk in Singapore. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2581935/Broker-Shuts-Asia-Property-Derivs-Biz.htmlTue, 01 Jun 2010 13:16:18 GMTAs exchange-traded funds gain popularity and liquidity, they are becoming increasingly attractive to structured product issuers because they’re simpler to use than indexes as underlyings. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2579988/ETFs-Find-Structured-Takers-Update.htmlThu, 27 May 2010 14:45:21 GMTAs exchange-traded funds gain popularity and liquidity, they are becoming increasingly attractive to structured product issuers because they’re simpler to use than indexes as underlyings.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2579455/ETFs-Find-Structured-Takers.htmlWed, 26 May 2010 21:43:01 GMTTaiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission’s Insurance Bureau has given the go-ahead for Credit Suisse to issue a new retail structured instrument onshore. http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2574634/Taiwan-Green-Lights-CS-Retail-Structure.htmlThu, 20 May 2010 06:45:04 GMTAlexander Wohl, ceo of Woodlawn Advisors in Scarsdale, N.Y., says he is seeing investors take refuge from uncertainty in other markets by investing in commodity-oriented equity options.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2568666/Commodity-Equity-Hybrids-Find-Favor.htmlTue, 18 May 2010 15:38:32 GMTA crop of hedge funds setting up shop in Hong Kong specifically to invest in Chinese stock through the use of over-the-counter derivatives are being squeezed by the quotas placed on foreign investors by the Chinese authorities.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2487406/Hedge-Funds-Pinched-In-China.htmlFri, 14 May 2010 08:50:02 GMTPing An of China Asset Management, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance, has launched a market access exchange-traded fund that gives investors access to the performance of China A-shares using over-the-counter derivatives.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2485259/Ping-An-Launches-China-Market-Access-Structure.htmlWed, 12 May 2010 05:47:53 GMThttp://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2482903/Credit-Derivatives-Data.htmlFri, 07 May 2010 18:11:00 GMTAn age-old problem that traders have encountered when trying to price options across different points in time using volatility estimates may have a solution from a team working for Paris-based financial markets software company Murex, which will publish rather than sell the formula.http://www.derivativesweek.com/Article/2473327/Vol-Conundrum-Solved.htmlFri, 23 Apr 2010 19:28:00 GMT