Futurisation
Top 5 trends to watch in 2022
1. Individual investor initiative 2. ESG investing 3. Hedging China risk 4. Digitisation and cryptocurrency 5. Futurisation
Firms leaving the uncleared swaps market have nowhere to go
Buy side says cleared or listed products fail to meet their needs
Futurisation facing headwinds as cleared swaps evolve
Panellists at FIA conference say cleared OTC market is holding off futures challenge
Ice credit swap futures off to a slow start
Credit investors see "no need" for contract; Ice hopes other players will see appeal
‘Over-broad’ CFTC rules hurt end-users, Giancarlo says
Commissioner urges rethink of Dodd-Frank Act position limits rule
After three months, Ice CDS index future has less than 70 open contracts
Launched with a fanfare earlier this year, trading in Ice’s new credit index future has since stalled. Critics say it is dead, but its backers argue it is too soon to write the contract off. Peter Madigan reports
Swap futures start-up needs dealer support, says buy side
New London-based platform has buy-side fans, but no publicly declared backing from market-makers
Tax questions cloud prospects for CME swap future and Mac swaps
Early users of CME’s deliverable swap futures contracts fear the products will be taxed as loans in some situations. And with features of those contracts being used in other new instruments, it could become an issue for the entire industry. Tom Osborn…
Standardised OTC swaps spice up futurisation fight
Returns of the Mac