ACT Calls for Open Access to European Derivative Trading and Clearing Structures to Safeguard Competition
The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT), in a joint letter to Michel Barnier, Commissioner responsible for Internal…
Companies
First Portuguese bank Becomes a Member of Eurex Repo
Banco de Investimento Global joins Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets Eurex Repo, the leading marketplace for…
The Buy Side Weighs in on the Current Practices for Managing Collateral Post-Crisis and Ahead of Central Clearing
How are investment managers improving collateral management processes three years after the Lehman Brothers default and one…
FIA PTG and FIA EPTA Provide Regulators with Views on the Impact of Technological Changes on Market Integrity and Efficiency
The FIA Principal Traders Group and the FIA European Principal Traders Association today released their joint response…
CME Group and the Mexican Derivatives Exchange Announce Launch of North-to-South Order Routing Agreement
Phase II of Strategic Partnership Provides CME Group Customers with Access to MexDer Benchmark Products CME Group,…
LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear adds 3 New Currencies
LCH.Clearnet Limited’s (LCH.Clearnet) market leading over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service, SwapClear, has extended the…
Financial Services Industry Releases Recommendation for a Global Legal Entity Identifier System
A coalition of financial services firms and trade associations (the “Trade Associations” [i]), in coordination with the…
Associations Warn of Harmful Effects of Extra-territoriality
Eight global and regional trade associations today called on regulators to intensify cooperation to prevent, alleviate or limit the harmful effect of overlap, inconsistency and ambiguity resulting from extra-territoriality in regulatory efforts to implement G20 commitments.
Extra-territoriality is a fundamental concern in derivatives business, where it is common for counterparties based in different parts of the world to transact with each other.
A New Dodd-Frank Deadline but the Industry Keeps Pedal to the Metal
Weekly roundup of the relief for Dodd-Frank rulemaking, the new commodities data repository and a template for…
SIFMA Statement on the Volcker Rule Proposal
SIFMA today released the following statement from president and ceo Tim Ryan in reaction to the Volcker…