CME Group
Ferc chairman to step down
Glencore Xstrata poaches Morgan Stanley LNG team; CME Group adds former bank commodity head; Tullett Prebon hires Icap weather broker; LME chief executive resigns; SEB replaces commodity chief
Basis risk in palm oil market after Indonesia growth
Guessing game
Eurex may copy CME swap futures
German exchange seeking legal advice on scope of Goldman Sachs patent behind CME's interest rate swap futures
Exchanges plan futures in response to RIN price surge
Exchanges plan futures in response to RIN price surge
DME’s Oman oil contract flourishes from futurisation of swaps
Shift away from swaps trading and recent price reporting agency scandals helping Oman contract, says DME chief
Sefs: Dead on arrival?
Bloomberg is threatening to sue the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission over uneven margin rules that it fears will drive the market away from swaps and into new futures contracts. Peter Madigan reports
Swap futures margins may be underestimating risk exposures
A difference in margin approach between swaps and futures may mean the latter are not assessed on their level of riskiness
Newedge to offer OTC clearing in Asia
Broker seeks to broaden its Asia offering by adding OTC IRS clearing in Singapore
Rise in CCPs may spur collateral fragmentation
Currency controls
CFTC braced for litigation over swap reporting showdown
Rule 1001 would route trades cleared at CME exclusively into its swap data repository. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation claims the rule is a ruse to skirt Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules and monetise swap data. Now the lawyers are…
Let swap platforms trade futures – Icap’s Spencer
Icap's chief executive says proposed derivatives rules are reinforcing exchange monopolies
Futurisation worries end-users of OTC energy derivatives
The right tools for the job?
OTC market faces up to CCP-dependent pricing
Spot the differentials
Ice-NYSE Euronext: Good or bad for margin offsets?
Merger margins
Exchanges woo insurers with futures alternative to OTC swaps
With the price of over-the-counter swaps predicted to increase as new derivatives rules take effect, futures are being touted as an efficient alternative hedging tool, but are they a perfect fit? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
CME launches three-year CNH futures contract to meet dim sum bond hedging demand
CME to offer CNH futures from February 25; becomes second provider after HKEx launched CNH futures contract last September
Asia steel derivatives market struggling to compete with iron ore
Steeled for the fight
US firms returning to iron ore derivatives after SGX and CFTC clear regulatory obstacles
The CFTC’s no-action relief letter issued late last year and SGX’s upcoming iron ore futures contract have ended uncertainty and brought back hesitant market participants
DTCC threatens lawsuit over CME SDR plan
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation could take legal action to stop proposed rule that would force CME clearing customers to report to its own SDR
Risk awards 2013: The winners
Keeping up
Central clearing: what obstacles remain for Asia?
Despite the deadline for introducing central clearing already passing, a number of questions are unanswered. Leading figures from around the region voice their concerns
Asia regulators try to work together as trade repository regimes begin in 2013
The move to central clearing will generate a wealth of information on derivatives around the region – but making use of this requires both trade repositories and data sharing. Progress on both has been slow