Message-ID: <1471548.1075860235547.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dw@iinews.com Subject: DW Alert: Italian Bank To Become Market Maker For Credit Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Derivatives Week X-To: X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mark_Taylor_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Archive\9_00 X-Origin: Taylor-M X-FileName: mtaylor.nsf Dear Derivatives Week subscriber: Catch the latest breaking news in this week's issue by clicking here: http://www.derivativesweek.com Top stories this week: ______________________________________________ ITALIAN BANK TO BECOME MARKET MAKER FOR CREDIT. Unicredito Banca Mobiliare is planning to become a market maker for credit derivatives in Italy. It is looking at credit default swaps, total return swaps, and credit default options, and will likely be a market maker in these products by the second half of next year. JUMBO CANADIAN PENSION FUND TO PUMP UP EQUITY DERIVATIVES USE. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, with CAD72 billion (USD48.42 billion) under management, is looking to explore equity derivatives strategies. One of the most sophisticated end users in Canada, the fund is looking at starting a range accrual options and options overwriting program. INDIAN ASSET MANAGERS DIVE INTO SWAPS. A bevy of Indian asset managers are jumping into the rupee-denominated interest-rate swap market for the first time, which market players believe could boost liquidity. High interest-rate volatility, a better brokered market, and more future interest rate uncertainty are drawing the asset managers in droves. ______________________________________________ Use your User ID and Password to access the entire site. YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD ARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY. THEY MAY NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE AND NO ONE ELSE SHOULD ACCESS THE SITE WITH YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD. We welcome you to forward this email to any co-workers or colleagues who would be interested in receiving a free trial subscription to Derivatives Week at http://www.iinews.com/cgi-bin/unifree_new?hoo=dw If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to call me at 1-212-224-3034. Thanks and enjoy this week's issue. Jim Beecher Publisher NOTE: You will receive weekly updates of the hottest stories in Derivatives Week. These are not random mass mailings but rather one-time messages for your personal attention. If you do not wish to continue to receive these notices, please click 'reply', type 'remove' and enter your name and company. You will then be removed from our email database.