​Hedge Funds Seen Trading S&P Dispersion Via OTC Variance Swaps

Dec 5, 2014

U.S. hedge fund investors have been playing dispersion in the S&P 500 this week, selling over-the-counter variance swaps on the index and buying individual variance swaps on the benchmark’s top 100 constituents. The contracts have tenors between one-to-two years.

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