Futures
OTC earthquake shaking up futures clearing
Stick or twist
Absorbing institutional inflows is biggest challenge for hedge funds
Shifting situations
Standardised OTC swaps spice up futurisation fight
Returns of the Mac
Standardised OTC swaps to launch within weeks
Isda-Sifma working group discussions continue but trueEX prepares to list OTC swaps with standard coupons and IMM dates
Firms will be shut out of OTC market at June US clearing deadline
FCMs do not have capacity to sign up all category 2 firms, market participants warn – and swap futures stand to benefit
Swaps vs futures: OTC market speaks out
Swaps vs futures: OTC market speaks out
Extraterritoriality, uncleared margin and futurisation – Isda on OTC derivatives reform
The first clearing mandates came into force in the US on March 11, but there is still plenty of uncertainty about how certain parts of the new regulatory framework will function. In this roundtable discussion, Nick Sawyer talks to two senior board…
CFTC's Gensler defends swaps vs futures margin disparity
Forthcoming Sef rules will not address margin concerns raised by Bloomberg
Swap futures margins may be underestimating risk exposures
A difference in margin approach between swaps and futures may mean the latter are not assessed on their level of riskiness
OTC market will survive futurisation - Alliance Bernstein
Ability to customise hedges means swaps are still the best way to manage many exposures, conference told
Exchanges woo insurers with futures alternative to OTC swaps
With the price of over-the-counter swaps predicted to increase as new derivatives rules take effect, futures are being touted as an efficient alternative hedging tool, but are they a perfect fit? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
CME launches three-year CNH futures contract to meet dim sum bond hedging demand
CME to offer CNH futures from February 25; becomes second provider after HKEx launched CNH futures contract last September
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
One size fits none: Industry split over futures and OTC holding periods
One size fits none
Review of 2012: Basel III starts to bite
Basel III starts to bite
Risk USA: Margin for OTC products is too high, says Pimco's De Leon
New rules would see OTC markets over-margined, while futures may be under-margined - and there could be systemic implications
New rules designed to kill OTC market, says European regulator
Central Bank of Ireland adviser says reforms will cause an "Ice Age" in the derivatives market
Going vertical: Dealers mimic futures exchanges
Vertical rush
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
The power behind the throne: CME and the fight for futures market supremacy
It’s the biggest futures exchange in the world, so CME Group naturally has both friends and enemies. Some of its friends are very well connected – and some of its enemies claim this influence has been used to stifle competition, allowing the exchange to…
Japan dividend futures in virtuous circle
Virtuous circle