Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Japan seeks speedy margin rule equivalence decisions
The country has equivalence agreements with Canada and the US, but not Europe
Jeff Bandman leaves CFTC for private sector role
Former acting director of clearing and risk led negotiations with EC over CCP equivalence
CFTC rules shake-up could outpace Treasury review
Giancarlo’s Project Kiss could deliver faster than Mnuchin’s four-part regulatory reform report due next month
The Dark Ages: US and EU unite in position limit vagaries
Regulators’ inactivity infuriates commodities markets
Euro clearing relocation ‘will inform’ US cross-border policy
Isda AGM: CFTC’s Giancarlo says geography has been no barrier for EU CCPs in the US
Compliance chiefs call on CFTC to end position limits uncertainty
Energy Risk USA: market participants say delay in rulemaking is ‘very frustrating’
Giancarlo: SLR change would cut clearing capital by 70%
Isda AGM: netting of clearing collateral would boost activity without weakening banks, claims CFTC chair
Euro clearing location paper due on June 28
Short precursor on Brexit-related initiative expected on May 4, alongside Emir review
Banks seek escape from inter‑affiliate margin burden
Internal transactions contributing “substantial” amount of banks’ initial margin requirement
CFTC counsel warns of threat to clearing portability
Leverage ratio seen as biggest impediment to porting client positions
Regulators told to play greater role in cyber security
Companies can’t battle threats on their own, CFTC told
People: CFTC picks enforcement and legislative affairs chiefs
Other changes at Eni, Societe Generale, Danske Commodities, Glencore, Global Coal, Six plus more
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Buy side fuels boom in single-name CDS clearing
Ice single-name CDS volumes double year on year following switch to semi-annual rolls
Feet of Clayton
New SEC chairman split between presidential deregulation agenda and filling holes in existing rules
Transparency premium: insurers seek swaps reporting reform
US insurers claim their bespoke swaps are being front-run, raising hedging costs
Commodity firms aim to tighten up on spoofing
Citigroup fine and CFTC comments put market on alert
OFR leads US push for mandatory adoption of LEIs
Berner says his bureau could use repo-reporting project to drive uptake of legal entity identifiers
Profile: DRW’s Wilson on risk, regulation and real estate
Most recently standing trial accused of manipulating an interest rate futures market, Don Wilson has had a colourful career
CFTC set to flex its muscles in FSOC meetings
FSOC must study the impact of capital rules on trading liquidity, Giancarlo says
Giancarlo orders review of CFTC rules
SDR requirements could be simplified, acting chairman tells Risk.net
People: Jacob Frenkel joins CME’s markets advisory think-tank
Recent changes at CME, S&P Global, CFTC, Ice, ANZ, Euronext, Finra and Eti
Silent running: on the trail of the SEC’s missing CDS rules
The mysterious fate of the apocryphal 2013 clearing proposal, and what comes next
Energy firms increase use of trade surveillance technology
Robotic process automation could be next step for trade surveillance