Volcker Schmolcker

• Banks with formerly big proprietary sales and trading positions are being forced to unload billions of dollars in relatively illiquid investments to comply with new regulations. According to the Volcker Rule attached to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform act, after July 2015 banks will be severely limited in the things they can do to invest their "own" money.
• Emerging market debt is a big new area for institutional investors, with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs both moving to capture opportunities in the past week by hiring fund managers and opening new funds.
• A put option is a option but not an obligation to sell a security at a future point in time. They are popular with investors who think price of a stock or investment instrument will depreciate.