Intercontinental Exchange (Ice)
Futurisation forces hundreds of traders to sit exams
Swaps-to-futures switch at Ice – plus hedge fund regulatory changes – behind threefold jump in numbers taking futures trading exam
LNG derivatives suffer from lack of liquidity
In need of liquidity
Ice move from swaps to futures unlikely to be last, says O’Malia
The decision by Ice to speed up the transition of its cleared OTC energy contracts to futures reflects regulatory uncertainty, and is likely to be replicated by other exchanges, says CFTC commissioner
Eurex looking to clear OTC derivatives from Asian clients within 12 months
Eurex is latest clearing house to enter Asian market
LCH.Clearnet model ‘not appropriate’ for Australian market, say two domestic banks
Two Australian banks speaking at Risk & Return Australia are critical of LCH.Clearnet for not meeting local market needs with its central clearing operation
Asia exotic commodity derivatives use to fall further on Ice initiative
Exotic commodity derivatives will become even less attractive to the Asian market following Ice's move to transform swaps to futures
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
CCP recovery and resolution: New tools, but no rules
Apocalypse never?
A fragmented market with unfinished rules – but reporting deadline looms
All together now?
Credit Risk USA: Direct buy-side clearing 'not feasible'
Added cost and mutualised risk will discourage direct clearing participation, panel concludes
No improvement in porting since Lehman, CCPs say
The collapse of MF Global last year saw clearing houses struggle to port client collateral to other firms - repeating problems seen after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008
Push, ping or hub: industry tackles risk of clearing fails
Push, ping or hub
Ice to compete with CME and LCH.Clearnet on FX clearing
Competition in forex clearing intensifies as LCH.Clearnet receives regulatory approval and Ice explains how its rival offering will differentiate itself
Exchange of the year: NYSE Liffe US
Risk awards 2012
Clearing house of the year: LCH.Clearnet
Risk awards 2012
Derivatives law firm of the year: Allen & Overy
Risk awards 2012
How the CCP location debate helped split the EU
Location, location, location
Middleware vendors face turf war with Sefs
Cutting out the middleware?
Block trade allocations: FCMs and CCPs prepare for new regime
Block around the clock
BofE's Tucker: weak CCP recovery plans risk mayhem
Panellists at an EC conference in Brussels this morning warned CCPs have made little progress on detailed survival plans - leaving the system exposed
CCP interoperability not achievable in near term, say clearers
CCP interoperability will not resolve fragmentation in the OTC markets, say panellists at Isda Europe conference in London
Obstacles facing dealers' dream of a global OTC data repository
The database race