Swap futures
Power to the people: US bourse bets on retail rush into swaps
Eris Exchange hopes retail access to its swap futures will usher in new era of swaps for all
Mac swaps, swap futures face new tax threat
Isda urges US tax officials to postpone rule treating certain payments as loans
Goldman Sachs’ Frankel departs
Veteran derivatives markets exec says he may continue work on risk and margin projects
JSE swap futures off to a slow start
Dealers struggling with CVA pricing and internal approvals
Swap futures face loss of capital edge
SA-CCR likely to treat swaps and swap futures equally, says Barclays' Kahn
Investors have ‘no incentive’ to use swap futures, says Wallin
Real money firms have enough collateral to stick with swaps, buy-side exec argues
Swap futures no threat to brokers – Icap Sef chief
Paulhac says CME swap future is being pushed as a margin-light product for clients
Cleared US dollar swap volumes drop 80% on first day of Sef regime
Numbers compiled by Isda show huge drop - other sources claim smaller fall. Dealers say people "are tiptoeing their way in".
Exchange of the year: Ice
It took Ice six years to find a way into the interest rate futures market. Its arrival - via the $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext - will intensify competition in over-the-counter derivatives clearing
Europe set for swap futures shoot-out
Up to eight venues are gearing up to launch interest rate swap futures in Europe – each with a different take on the product. What does the market make of their chances? Tom Osborn 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…
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Capital burdens could weigh on swap futures
Lower margin levels for swap futures could drive up risk-weighted assets for dealers, and erode the product's advantage, panellists argue
Eurex may copy CME swap futures
German exchange seeking legal advice on scope of Goldman Sachs patent behind CME's interest rate swap futures
Standardised OTC swaps spice up futurisation fight
Returns of the Mac
CTAs eye swap futures
Future of managed futures
Isda AGM: Template for standardised interest rate swaps launched
Isda and Sifma jointly unveil market-agreed coupon standardised interest rate swaps
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
Futures will not beat swaps on margin alone, say buy-side firms
Swap futures have a number of advantages, but OTC instruments will continue to be popular, leading buy-side firms say
Sefs: Dead on arrival?
Bloomberg is threatening to sue the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission over uneven margin rules that it fears will drive the market away from swaps and into new futures contracts. Peter Madigan reports