Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Regulators focus on LEIs in derivatives reporting push
Identification parade
Acclaimed new TriOptima service may not have a future
In the balance?
Risk's 25th anniversary issue names 'Firms of the Future'
Looking ahead to a period of unprecedented change in derivatives markets, Risk's 25th anniversary issue has selected the companies it believes will do most to shape the future
Risk 25: The search for margin efficiency
Margin efficiency: The new battleground
Risk 25 firms of the future: Newedge
'Fair and unconflicted' but under pressure
Risk 25 firms of the future: BlackRock
‘Jury out’ on OTC derivatives
Risk 25 firms of the future: LCH.Clearnet
Open to acquisitions
Risk 25 firms of the future: CFTC
The costs and benefits of reform
Risk 25 firms of the future: TriOptima
In the balance
New powers help in Libor investigation, Chilton says
Fugitives and fast-movers
Attempts at CDS portfolio margining in regulatory limbo
Dealers worry about the impact on liquidity unless single-name and index trades can be margined together
PFGBest bankruptcy fuels calls for stronger protection of customer funds
The collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, which comes just nine months after the bankruptcy of MF Global, has raised the pressure on US regulators to boost protection of customer funds held by futures commission merchants
CFTC-SEC swap ruling starts Dodd-Frank compliance race
Publication of swap rule will mark start of 60-day countdown to compliance with registration, reporting rules. Industry will find it "quite challenging" warns CFTC's O'Malia
US energy firms cheer CFTC decisions on ‘swap’ definition, end-user exception
The US energy industry scores a victory as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission finalises two key pieces of Dodd-Frank derivatives regulation, modifying its original proposals to ease the compliance burden on firms that operate in physical energy…
CFTC's Chilton: accept Volcker rule or get out of the way
Chilton warns banks to either co-operate with regulators on the Volcker rule or get out of its way, as it is definitely happening
Cost-benefit defeat weighing on "gun-shy" SEC
Slowly but surely
A fragmented market with unfinished rules – but reporting deadline looms
All together now?
CFTC relaxes cross-border rules after commissioner backlash
Chairman Gensler is understood to have relented on ‘substituted compliance’ in order to pass the proposed guidance
Libor manipulation lawsuits could cost banks ‘tens of billions’
Barclays' $450m settlement gives lawyers smoking gun evidence of attempts to tamper with benchmark rates
CFTC’s Chilton: Libor manipulation attempts ‘serious and significant’
CFTC orders Barclays to pay a $200 million penalty. Commissioner Bart Chilton says agency is "vigorously looking at individuals"