Dealing Room Operation and Deal Process
A dealing room is a centralized establishment, usually of a commercial bank, which is willing to offer a two way
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Disputed derivative transactions – Santander and Pourtuguese Rail Operator
I happened to read today a news item on disputed derivatives transactions. It is reported therein, the dealers settled a
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LIBOR Revisited
Do you know? When LIBOR was born? Minos Zombanakis, born 88 years ago on a Greek island, remembers well the
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Trade Repositories under European Market Infrastructure Regulation
Trade Repositories under European Markets Infrastructure Regulation will shortly become a reality once the European Securities and Markets Authority approves
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BPO opportunities in investment banking
Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific
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Equity index and Designing an Index
Equity indexes are weighted baskets of individual stocks. The Equity Index is a value that is proportional to the market
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An Overview of Corporate Actions
A corporate action is an event initiated by a company that affects the securities (equity or debt) issued by the
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Interest Rate Derivatives and their wrong sales to gullible customers
Banks are more in the news these days – for a variety of reasons with negative impact of course. Of
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Foreign Exchange Exposures
Foreign Exchange exposure is a measure of the potential for a firm’s profitability, net cash flow and market value to
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Foreign Exchange Risk Management
The peculiarities of foreign exchange markets are – An Over The Counter market – Only market open 24 hours, seven
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