Nex
Why CME couldn’t sell its reg reporting arms
Costs and competition proved fatal for Abide and Nex businesses and trade repositories
Industry fears EU ‘Google tax’ will hit trading venues, CCPs
Broad wording of digital services tax could place market infrastructure in firing line
Unfinished business: US Treasuries reform stalls
Efforts to improve clearing and settlement of US government debt – and oversight of who trades it – still incomplete
Day one of a no-deal Brexit: swaps and chaperones
Banks, trading platforms, repositories tee up EU entities – and dread the repapering crunch that would follow
Preparing for the initial margin phase-in
Requirements for the mandatory exchange of initial margin are expected to be time‑consuming and laborious to implement. David White, head of sales at triResolve, discusses the lessons learned from in‑scope firms, obstacles to achieving compliance and how…
Complying with regulatory initial margin and automating the collateral management process
Since the introduction of uncleared margin rules, collateral management has been thrust into the regulatory spotlight, becoming a priority for firms with over-the-counter derivatives portfolios
People moves: SocGen hires new strategy head, RBS loses CFO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Initial margin – Preparing for the buy‑side ‘big bang’
Video Q&A: David White, triResolve
Newman: why commodities will stay OTC
As he retires, Icap Energy founder on his acid test for picking emerging markets, and the promise of LNG derivatives
XVA special report 2018
After a turbulent decade, the past couple of years have arguably been a little easier for the derivatives valuation community. Overnight indexed swap (OIS) discounting is market standard for cash collateralised instruments, while funding and capital…
Newman retires, ING's new commodities head, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Industry split over running of new derivatives IDs
Funds object to Isda proposal, arguing it would leave ‘control’ of UPIs with incumbents
Planned sale prompts hard look at post-trade firms
Plans to sell MarkitServ fuel warnings about middleware vendors’ future
EU close to granting swaps-trading equivalence to Singapore
Planned MAS trading obligation would otherwise seal off local traders from global liquidity
Esma expected to tighten rules for Mifid data services
After criticism of new regime, market is braced for guidance that could pile pressure on APA business
Rolet is right – for now
CME/Nex deal could change the established logic on how to deliver rates market savings
CME has chance to rule US rates after Nex deal
Market expects exchange to unite bond, repo, futures and swaps clearing – eroding grip of banks and DTCC
Swaps data: the allure of liquidity
Liquidity in OTC trading concentrates at one venue, or splits across three, writes Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
Mifid data: hard to access, hard to use
Risk.net research shows four of 12 APAs and trading venues only provide information via other vendors
Industry mulls challenging Isins through global identifier
Success of UPIs could be catalyst for European rethink on unpopular derivatives identifier