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CFTC proposal sparks scrap over CCP membership
CFTC proposes a $50 million cap on minimum capital requirements set by CCPs for clearing membership
The move to clear much of the over-the-counter derivatives market through central counterparties (CCPs) is a key part of new legislation in the US and Europe. But many regulators realise that by mandating...
Regulators in the US and Europe are drawing up detailed new rules that will, among other things, require a large share of the over-the-counter derivatives market to be cleared through central counterparties...
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Lessons in clearing from Brazil
Regulators in the US and Europe are preparing to implement new rules on derivatives clearing and reporting, but Brazil has had a similar framework in place for a number of years. Is there anything legislators can learn from the Brazil experience? By Peter...
The Brazil experience
Regulators are well advanced in pushing through reforms of the financial system. But Arminio Fraga, a former governor of the Banco Central do Brasil, warns about uniform global capital rules, as well as the danger of multiple, small central counterparties....
The debate over CCP central bank liquidity
Some regulators believe central counterparties (CCPs) clearing over-the-counter derivatives should have access to central bank liquidity in the same currency as the product being cleared. But central banks are reluctant to provide such support and CCPs...
House of the year: Deutsche Bank
The world is about to change for derivatives dealers. A new package of liquidity, leverage and capital measures was finalised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision last month, while the European Union (EU) will confirm its rules for over-the-counter...
Lifetime achievement award: John Hull
Ask any derivatives professional where they first learned about the subject and there’s a good chance they will tell you John Hull’s celebrated textbook, Options, futures and other derivatives. Heading for its eighth edition early this year, the...
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Barclays Capital
The shift from bilateral to centrally cleared trades will be a huge wrench for derivatives users. Many have been desperate to understand, prepare for or influence what is an unprecedented change for the market. They need their dealers to be ahead of the...
Derivatives exchange of the year: CME Group
Exchanges would appear to be one of the winners from regulatory change designed to tighten up the over-the-counter derivatives market. The Group of 20 nations has called on banks to trade all standardised OTC derivatives contracts on exchanges or electronic...
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