swaps

Banks expect massive growth in iron ore swaps

The abandonment of the 40-year benchmark pricing system for iron ore will lead to a rapid expansion of the swaps market, say market pioneers Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

April 11, 2010

Asian countries expand FX protection

Asian finance ministers agree to increase the size and scope of a foreign exchange reserve pool to defend currencies and provide funding.

February 23, 2009

HK banks trade first Shibor interest rate swaps

HSCB and StanChart use new Shibor benchmark to spur development of non-deliverable renminbi interest rate swaps.

January 08, 2007

Forwards and swaps in China

Chin-Chong Liew and Fang Jian of Linklaters discuss the background and principal features of this new development and what it means for the derivatives market in China going forward.

November 15, 2006

Barclays rolls out variance swaps platform for institutional users

Funds can now access a new variance product through the bank's Barx platform.

February 07, 2006

Structured Credit Products: basket credit default swaps

In an article adapted from his new book, Wiley finance author Moorad Choudhry describes basket default swaps, a variation of the standard credit default swap.

July 23, 2004