Commodity swaps
Aegis buys hedge advisory book from sanctioned firm
Commodity hedging company – which launched Sef last year – hoovers up business from entity that was fined for running unregistered Sef
UK banks’ rate swaps books continued to grow in Q2
Interest rate swap exposures hit £4.42 trillion
Capital One oil swaps waiver could haunt CFTC
Oil price collapse raises fresh questions about regulator’s justification for offering relief
CFTC's Berkovitz puts his weight behind position limits
New rule on speculative commodity trades will be proposed within weeks
Let exchanges set position limits – CFTC commissioners
Agency lacks the resources to monitor limits, say Berkovitz and Quintenz
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
Final US position limits rule will take ‘at least a year’
CFTC expected to draft a narrow list of contracts in scope
Cutting edge: Incorporating forex volatility into commodity spread option pricing
Spread option pricing: importance of forex risk factors illustrated
CFTC 'way off' in estimates of position limit costs
Regulator estimated first-round costs at $100,000 - but some dealers claim to have spent $750,000
Special report – Weighing up Dodd-Frank
What Dodd-Frank means to us: industry participants
Q&A: Gary Germeroth, chief risk officer at Calpine
Power resurgence
Experts discuss need for commodity speculation
Squeezing out speculative capital will affect commodity market liquidity, regulator must engage with market to prevent unintended consequences
CFTC presses on with position limits proposal
Concerns remain over position limits for commodity traders under Dodd-Frank Act as CFTC issues plan for public comment
CME’s CCP to clear Middle East products and reduce 'black swans'
Clearport courts emerging market derivative exchange products in a bid to reduce systemic risk in commodity markets
Keep pre-Dodd-Frank swaps data for now: CFTC
CFTC deals with pre-enactment swaps reporting and tells energy companies to maintain required data until Dodd-Frank definitions are finalised
Energy firms demand more clarity on Dodd-Frank reforms
Energy companies say key definitions in recently adopted US financial legislation are too broad or need clarifying, and call for additional 'trader' classification
Ginga debuts electronic coal trading in Asia
The Singapore-based broker aims to use technology to gain market share in the Indonesian sub-bit coal swaps market.
Derivatives reform to hit energy giants
Several major energy and commodities companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP are to face a substantial rise in derivatives trading costs, following the adoption of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.