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Exchange of the year: CME Group
Risk Awards 2018: Capital-conscious customers prompt bourse to refocus on US
Quintenz: futures will allow regulated bitcoin exposure
New products allow investors to access digital currency in a monitored marketplace, says CFTC commissioner
FCMs hail new compression techniques
Advances by vendors and increased competition set to unlock more trades for tear-ups
BAML and Morgan Stanley swaps drop $186bn on VM change
At least seven banks now using settled-to-market treatment for variation margin
Chicago exchanges embrace crypto-currency
Exchanges' interest piqued, but regulators and some market participants hesitant
Giancarlo: crypto-currency futures do not need new rules
CFTC chair says US regulators can oversee products using existing powers
CME to launch bitcoin futures
Client interest inspires fourth-quarter launch target for cash-settled contract
CCPs and banks at odds over custodian losses
Market participants do not see eye-to-eye on loss sharing in the event of custody bank failure
Ice’s Sprecher criticises Libor replacement push
Exchange head says overnight rates cannot replace term benchmarks
US Treasury hands CCP resolution powers to FDIC
Mnuchin regulatory review explicitly refers to FDIC as receiver under a Title II resolution
Onus to check swap data should be on counterparties – SDRs
CME, Ice and DTCC oppose duty to reach out to non-reporting party for data verification
Libor’s sunset sees US repo market cast a longer shadow
Concern over structural deficiencies as SOFR chosen to replace key benchmark
Eurex urges more regulators to endorse VM capital savings
CME, Ice and LCH treat variation margin as settlement; Eurex awaits further guidance
US regulators approve VM route to capital savings
Guidance tips balance in debate over interest payments in settled-to-market swaps
VM change helps Barclays cut derivatives by $113bn
Three factors slashed size of book by 25%, including move to treat margin as settlement
Dislocation policy: LCH exodus risks CCP basis blow-out
Questions about post-Brexit status of UK CCP could spark mass migration – and severe volatility
Monthly swaps data review: analysing CCP and Sef volumes
Data shows strong growth at LCH and JSCC, while OIS products surge
CFTC to review swap data reporting regulations
Rule changes could be proposed as early as fourth quarter of 2017
Commodity swap data goes from bad to worse
Lack of regulatory guidance, collaboration and market confusion continue to plague SDR reports
CME to pass on Ice CDS administration charges
Clearing house to hike CDS index trade fees from July after Ice’s determinations committee takeover
Monthly swaps data review: ADV for OTC derivatives
Daily volumes are a pillar of the futures market, and can now be found for US swaps
Asian exchanges jostle to claim LNG derivatives market
SGX and Platts hope to capitalise on physical hedgers, who remain pensive
Monthly swaps data review: ETD vs OTC margin totals
New disclosures from big CCPs show listed market consumes more margin than cleared swaps
Banks calm on Eurex-LCH basis volatility
Past basis blowouts prepared banks for movements, say traders