​Weekly – Citi Hires EM Bigwig; Cliquets, Autocallables Drive Skew; U.S. Rates and Vol Regimes

This week we launched the EQDerivatives Magazine Summer edition, where we report on Global EQD 2015 as well as the other major trends over the last quarter, including how developments in China’s stock market are opening up single stock relative value opportunities in Europe, how Kospi 200 mini futures and options volumes are progressing, and why thematic baskets and thematic dispersion trades currently look attractive globally. Elsewhere in this week’s coverage, we report on a senior hire in emerging markets at Citi and news that CME Group and FTSE Russell have entered into an agreement covering futures, options on futures and OTC cleared products.