Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank – Risk.net

Ahead of the upcoming new accounting standard International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17), addressing asset and liability duration mismatches is a growing focus of insurance companies the world over. But containing such balance-sheet mismatches with traditional interest rate swap hedges is far from straightforward, especially for those local insurers operating in Asia’s notoriously illiquid […]

Derivatives house of the year Asia ex-Japan: Societe Generale – Risk.net

Societe Generale, while long regarded as a leading derivatives franchise in Asia-Pacific (Apac), has traditionally, at least, been best known for its dominance in one specific business line above all else, says Jerome Niddam, head of global markets for Apac at Societe Generale in Hong Kong. Over the past year and a bit, that has […]

Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas – Risk.net

Several years ago, at a time when investors were starting to wonder if the longest bull market in investment history might be nearing its end, BNP Paribas’s non-flow structuring team in the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region decided it was time for some new additions to the product offering. “We were starting to see clients paying more […]

Life Clips Subsidiary Belfrics Goes Live Offering Crypto Derivatives and Leveraged Forex Instruments On Its Platform – Yahoo Finance

Crypto derivative volumes rose 54% to a record high of more than $710 billion in August; Forex market records daily volume of $6.6 trillion AVENTURA, Fla., Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Life Clips, Inc. (OTC Pink: LCLP) (the “Company”), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Belfrics International Limited (Labuan) Malaysia, which holds a […]

Derivatives Surge Signals Singapore Libor Shift Is on Track (1) – Bloomberg Tax

A surge in the value of financial contracts tied to Singapore’s new lending benchmark shows it is on track in its switch away from the discredited London interbank offered rate. All new interest-rate derivatives in the city-state will be pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average, or SORA, from Oct. 1 instead of the Libor-based […]

CME launches first-ever sustainable derivatives clearing – The Asset

Firms, clients able to measure impact, show support for ESG objectives, green hedging activities CME Group, the world’s most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the launch of the derivatives industry’s first-ever sustainable clearing service to help market participants track and report on how their hedging activities are advancing their sustainability goals. Sustainable derivatives encompass both the […]

CME launches first-ever sustainable derivatives clearing – The Asset ESG

Firms, clients able to measure impact, show support for ESG objectives, green hedging activities CME Group, the world’s most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the launch of the derivatives industry’s first-ever sustainable clearing service to help market participants track and report on how their hedging activities are advancing their sustainability goals. Sustainable derivatives encompass both the […]