CME Group
People: Trio of senior execs depart UBS investment bank
UBS reshuffle; Icap chief exec departs; Green leaves Lloyds for Scotiabank
Exchanges spar with CFTC over hedge exemptions
Latest tweaks to position limits rule draw ire of CME and Ice
Shanghai to be first CCP to clear forex options
New service to debut in August, but liquidity risk has stalled other CCPs
CCPs and Brexit: don’t forget the rest of the world
Losing equivalence with the US could be more serious than arguments over the location of euro clearing
CME warns some fintechs ‘miss the point’ in clearing
IDX panellists see reduced operational role for CCPs that will instead act as trusted oracles
Canada waits on US, EU to mandate CAD swaps clearing
Regulatory arbitrage fears stall clearing mandate for CAD swaps in Canada
Nine years later, RMBS woes still haunt banks
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for April 2016
Aussie market clearing well ahead of April mandate
Largest onshore derivatives dealers already caught by US and European rules
CFTC automated trading proposal worries energy firms
Companies surprised to learn they may need to register as algorithmic traders
Mac swaps, swap futures face new tax threat
Isda urges US tax officials to postpone rule treating certain payments as loans
SDR battle between CME and DTCC heralds huge cost savings
Firms reporting more than 50,000 open swap positions could save $1 million a year at CME
US end-users risk tax hit in move to daily settled swaps
Changing treatment of variation margin could benefit banks, but hurt clients
People: New Asia-Pacific legal head for CME
Nikko Asset Management's new risk chief; Credit Suisse hires in Asia; Listorti leaves ANZ
CME set to launch swaptions clearing in Q2
Uncleared margin rules the driver; may also impact CME-LCH basis
SDRs urge CFTC for more help on data harmonisation
Regulator’s swap data woes are “absolutely solvable”, SDR chiefs say
Goldman Sachs’ Frankel departs
Veteran derivatives markets exec says he may continue work on risk and margin projects
EU-US clearing deal ‘good enough’ to avoid CME exodus
Banks had planned to quit US clearer on February 21
EU banks plan to flee CME when key Emir date arrives
CCP oversight stand-off leaves banks in a bind as Feb 21 frontloading deadline nears
Exchange of the year: CME Group
Chicago exchange found fixes for five-year issuance gap in US Treasury bonds
US regulators told to expect VM status change
Fed, FDIC and OCC told daily settlement of swaps will cut required capital
Collateral or settlement: capital cut rests on role of VM
Questions about status of variation margin are more than semantics
Swaps CCPs hope to slash capital via margin change
Treating margin as settlement could cut leverage – CME, Eurex, Ice, LCH.Clearnet all seeking approval
EU members of US options CCP face $30bn capital hit
OCC fears approval will be held up by absence of SEC clearing rules
Europe edges closer to final Emir clearing timeline
Deadline could arrive in mid-June; pressure to resolve EU-US dispute grows