Credit Derivatives

Barings launches new currency fund

LONDON - Baring Asset Management is set to launch a currency fund that will offer an alternative source of alpha and diversification to target institutional investors and funds of hedge funds.

Another good quarter for FX

BOSTON & NEW YORK - US dealers posted record second-quarter revenues from foreign exchange business, as volatility remained high over the period.

BoA hires London forex duo

LONDON - Bank of America (BoA) is hitting back after making severe cuts to its foreign exchange team in January by boosting its sales and trading franchise in London with two senior hires.

Death by association

The application of credit technology to diverse underlyings led to the birth of collateralised foreign exchange obligations in 2006. But despite being built from uncorrelated underlyings, their fortunes have proven highly correlated with the wider market…

US trading revenues plummet in 2007

NEW YORK - US commercial banks recorded $5.5 billion in trading revenues in 2007, down $13.3 billion from the record of $18.8 billion set in 2006, according to a report published by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last week (April 2).

Seeking a sterling collapse

By Pete Luxton, global markets adviser, and Dave Willmer, foreign exchange options market strategist, at Informa Global Markets in London

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