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Greenwich Associates: Buy-Side Unsatisfied With Access To Credit Markets, But OTC Derivatives Improving

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Mark Melin
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Compared to pre-crisis days, there have been undeniable advances in  OTC derivatives (over-the-counter) management. Markets that were once controlled by a handful of firms who kept a tight grip on market information as rich bid-ask spreads and transaction costs were codified in a relationship-based trading environment have changed. There have been numerous market innovations, particularly in interest rate markets, notes Greenwich Associates in a report out Tuesday. But challenges also remain in credit default swaps (CDS), total return swaps (TRS), corporate bond market and other venues that trade debt-related products.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.