Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
CFTC relief caps day of swaps margin mayhem
Banks unable to face up to 50% of counterparties due to custodian bottlenecks
CFTC has ‘incredible view’ into markets – surveillance chief
Ex-trader Hunter sheds light on agency’s monitoring and forensic analysis capabilities
Props stopped: non-banks struggle to crack US swaps market
Teza, TransMarket, Virtu among firms held back by regulation and old market practice
Exchanges spar with CFTC over hedge exemptions
Latest tweaks to position limits rule draw ire of CME and Ice
China opens up onshore swap market but hurdles remain
Foreign investors can now hedge CNY bonds but dealers expect limited uptake
CFTC proposal would unleash flood of lawsuits, firms say
Industry blasts proposal to allow private manipulation suits in US electricity markets
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
US regulators favour September margin deadline
September 1 roll-out would threaten bilateral swap trading chasm between EU and US
Delay US non-cleared margin rules, industry tells Congress
“This puts the US banks at a huge disadvantage relative to the European banks,” says CME’s Duffy
Europe set to delay variation margin regime
Delay to initial margin deadline likely to be accompanied by smaller shift in variation margin timetable
Careless whispers have a cost
CFTC redefines insider trading for the swaps market
CFTC top cop ramps up use of anti-manipulation rule
Agency’s new authority under Dodd-Frank is "very promising", Goelman says
CFTC clamps down on insider trading in derivatives
Bank traders who leak information about derivatives trades to hedge funds could face charges, CFTC officials say
CFTC moving to amend position limits rule, sources say
Supplemental proposal aims to ease industry concerns over hedging exemptions
Barclays taps blockchain for equity swaps, options, swaptions
Regulatory capital savings offered by instant settlement of smart contracts on distributed ledgers
End-users debate CFTC automated trading rule
Representatives of energy and agriculture firms clash over Regulation AT
CFTC automated trading proposal worries energy firms
Companies surprised to learn they may need to register as algorithmic traders
OCC "pushing big time" for SEC-EU equivalence deal
Clearing house could lose up to 25% of its members without agreement
Massad denies silencing position limits analysis
CFTC economists stopped from critiquing proposed rule due to “priorities”, not politics
Europe will open gates to US CCPs, says Massad
CFTC adopts substituted compliance for European CCPs; US clearers still waiting on Esma approval
Accounting puts brake on move to daily settled swaps
New margin approach threatens hedge accounting status, could hurt effectiveness
SDRs urge CFTC for more help on data harmonisation
Regulator’s swap data woes are “absolutely solvable”, SDR chiefs say
Firms weigh impact of blockchain on post-trade services
Opportunity for using distributed ledgers in OTC market discussed at meeting held by CFTC
CFTC proposal to expand swap data reporting criticised
Increasing the number of reporting fields ‘doesn’t necessarily add a ton of value’, market participants argue