CFTC Issues Clearing Determination for Certain Credit Default Swaps and Interest Rate Swaps
Commission Requires First Swaps to be Cleared The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued new rules to…
Clearing
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CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief from Required Clearing for Swaps entered into by Certain Cooperatives
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced the issuance of a…
World Federation of Exchanges Urges International Regulatory Bodies to Modify Capital Standards for Exchange Traded Derivatives in Support of G20 Reforms
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), representing 59 publicly regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges and associated…
Margin Requirements on Non-Centrally Cleared Swaps Could Increase Risk, According to ISDA Analysis
Association Issues Margin Analysis and Urges Regulators to Resolve Extraterritoriality Issues The International Swaps and Derivatives Association,…
TriOptima and Four SGX Members Complete First Portfolio Compression Cycle in Singapore Clearinghouse
TriOptima announces that four SGX member banks successfully eliminated more than 82% of the SGD interest rate…
Collateral Transformation – Has it Lost its Lustre?
Collateral transformation is not the cure-all liquidity solution it was once praised to be for the buy…
CME Group Announces Launch of CME Repository Service[TM] SDR to Ease Reporting and Compliance for Market Participants
CFTC Registered Swap Data Repository Service Offering for Credit, Interest Rate, Commodities, and FX Asset Classes Seamlessly…
CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider Clearing Requirement Determination
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at…
Balancing the Shortage of High Quality Collateral
The market is concerned about liquidity shortages resulting from the central clearing induced collateral squeeze. 4sight Financial…
Factors to Consider When Selecting A Clearing Broker
The drive towards implementation of new regulatory structures in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets has gathered pace…