Firstly apologies for the lack of posts/news lately but I have only just returned from an extended holiday. However since it is the new year I thought I would jot down some thoughts on what may occur in/influence the buy side derivatives market this year;

Credit Crunch - clearly this has not played itself out yet and my guess is that it will morph into a fully fledged bear market by the year end. As regards the buy sided however I have not seen a significant (direct) effect on derivative volumes. If anything these went up over the summer and ...   more »