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Two firms now testing central credit-checking service
The days either side of the first US clearing deadline saw last-minute decisions by clients and regulators, operational niggles and some illegality. The industry expects breaches of the rules to get a...
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Sefs find liquidity comes at a cost
Banks have been reluctant to pick winners and losers from the array of new derivatives trading platforms being set up, but with Citi and Morgan Stanley taking equity stakes in two venues at the end of last year, it looks like some dealers are finally...
CFTC: O'Malia on a mission to fix Dodd-Frank flaws
With the end of the agency's marathon Dodd-Frank Act rulemaking in sight, CFTC commissioner Scott O'Malia wants to go back and fix what he sees as mistakes. By Peter Madigan
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
Futurisation debate shifts to block trading rules
Different block trading thresholds for economically equivalent swaps and futures could hand exchanges a decisive advantage in the ongoing futurisation fight. But some market participants argue the disparity is fair, as do some regulators. Joe Rennison...
Swap regulations hold key to future of OTC algorithmic trading
The arrival of central limit order books in the interest rate swap market has opened the door to algorithmic trading – but only a little. Its future depends on how the over-the-counter market evolves. By Peter Madigan
The implications of Emir and Dodd-Frank for Asia’s CCPs
Prescriptions within Emir and Dodd-Frank over the use of third-country clearing houses could drive European and US players out of Asia derivative markets – with a potentially negative impact on liquidity
JSCC to start client clearing by March 2014
Japan’s over-the-counter derivatives clearing house will soon allow member banks to offer client clearing and it also plans to merge with another domestic clearing house, according to a senior official.
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