Intercontinental Exchange (Ice)
Bank names obstruct single-name CDS clearing
Ice is “working through” wrong-way risk issues, may need to revamp auctions
US end-users risk tax hit in move to daily settled swaps
Changing treatment of variation margin could benefit banks, but hurt clients
SDRs urge CFTC for more help on data harmonisation
Regulator’s swap data woes are “absolutely solvable”, SDR chiefs say
Collateral or settlement: capital cut rests on role of VM
Questions about status of variation margin are more than semantics
Swaps CCPs hope to slash capital via margin change
Treating margin as settlement could cut leverage – CME, Eurex, Ice, LCH.Clearnet all seeking approval
EU members of US options CCP face $30bn capital hit
OCC fears approval will be held up by absence of SEC clearing rules
People: Deutsche adds new financial institutions co-head
Celeste Guth joins Deutsche as co-head of the financial institutions group; UBS shakes up US rates; Wetjen heads to DTCC
End-users and banks seek radical change to Emir reporting
Corporates willing to write off sunk costs in move to single-sided regime
CCP stress tests could help buy side pick winners
BlackRock exec calls for standardised test before European clearing starts
Ice credit swap futures off to a slow start
Credit investors see "no need" for contract; Ice hopes other players will see appeal
US gas price reporting drop raises questions about indexes
Energy companies blame regulatory risk for reluctance to report trades
Fall in US gas hub liquidity hampers derivatives market
Shale revolution undermines long-standing Platts indexes on US Gulf Coast
CFTC’s Giancarlo backs phased approach to position limits
Agency should wait before implementing non-spot-month limits, commissioner says
Nasdaq energy futures face liquidity challenge
Traders say new exchange may struggle to compete with CME and Ice
Report highlights decline in US gas price reporting
Fewer energy firms reporting to Platts and other index publishers, report says
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
US vs EU CCP scrap may be settled by margin study
Isda AGM: analysis aims to end wrangle over merits of 1-day and 2-day margin rules
Massad: CFTC will not challenge CME invoice spread rule
No progress on SLR changes, but ‘good chance’ of uncleared margin deadline extension
People: Deutsche shakes up European rates team
Richard Jackson departs; Sam Wisnia to head European rates trading
Commodity derivatives lead the way for OTC reform
Enron proved merits of bottom-up evolution, not change imposed from above
Exchange of the year: Eurex
Risk Awards 2015: French and Italian bond contracts became popular hedges last year
Ice to launch Brent and gold contracts in Asia
US exchange looking to tap into regional commodities demand with its SMX purchase
Lynton Jones laments IPE's hesitation over electronic trading
Lynton Jones, the IPE’s former chief executive, tried hard to promote electronic trading in Brent futures. But those efforts met with strong resistance, he tells Mark Pengelly