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  • Record Year for SGX Derivatives and ETF Markets in 2008
    January 6, 2009 11:29 AM

    Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that its derivatives and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) markets set new trading records in 2008. Its derivatives market set a record for volumes traded for the third consecutive year since 2006, while SGX-listed ETFs hit a record for the total value traded in 2008.
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  • Markit & Creditex Determine Price of Tribune Company Debt to Settle Credit Derivatives Trades
    January 6, 2009 7:59 PM

    Creditex and Markit, in partnership with major credit derivative dealers, today announced the results of Credit Event Auctions conducted to facilitate settlement of credit derivative trades referencing Tribune Company bonds and loans. This marks the first time that auctions were run to settle both credit default swaps (CDS) and loan-only credit default swaps (LCDS) contracts in connection with a single reference entity default.
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  • Industry Research Paper Predicts Seismic Change in the Current Hedge Fund Operational Model
    January 6, 2009 2:41 PM

    In a white paper released today, Paladyne Systems, Inc., a leading solutions provider for the hedge fund industry, forecasts a significant shift in the way hedge funds will manage their infrastructure and operations in 2009. Paladyne predicts that hedge funds will aggressively explore and implement turn-key outsourcing strategies as a solution to the operational and cost challenges caused by the financial crisis and the reshaping of the prime brokerage landscape.
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New Years Resolutions for Financial Industry

2008 has been a tough year for the financial markets. In the last 12 months we have battled through the credit crisis and experienced a series of shocking events which have already instigated a need and a desire to transform the structure of the financial markets and post-trade processing.

We may still be in a state of shock, but a new year means a new start.

Here are some of the New Years Resolutions submitted by DerivSource members. Some are serious and others not so much...

Resolutions for ‘09

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ISDA Provides Update on Hardwiring Process

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that the incorporation of the CDS settlement auctions into the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions -- the so-called hardwiring process will be completed by mid-March 2009.
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