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Knight Capital losses spur focus on algo risk management
Losses suffered by Knight Capital as the result of a rogue algorithm have again focused attention on the risks involved in automated trading. With algos expected to be used more widely in over-the-counter...
October 12 is the deadline for institutions active in US over-the-counter markets to register as swap dealers. But tough aggregation rules – and a requirement to fingerprint top executives – are making...
Swap dealers face new rules requiring them to collect extra information from clients and provide them with fresh disclosures. The industry has launched a protocol to ease the task, but with tens of thousands...
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In a recent meeting with a couple of senior derivatives dealers, one of them – who heads trading in Europe for a large, international bank – complained his employer had started requiring him to sign off on the activities of his team on a daily basis,...
Neal Wolkoff: OTC market faces break-up blues
Dealers fear multiple CCPs will fragment netting sets, resulting in increased margin and capital costs - but there could also be an impact on liquidity, with swap trading platforms forced to list prices for each clearing house, US exchange veteran, Neal...
Sefs hit by Dodd-Frank disclosure rules
New trading platforms must enable dealers to make pre-trade disclosures – but industry doesn't know what information needs to be provided
Reprieve for dealers as CFTC extends business conduct deadline
Ten-week extension comes as welcome surprise to dealers, but industry still has concerns about timing and content of new rules
CFTC cross-border guidance a threat to ‘systemic stability’, say Asian...
Leading regulators from across Asia complain of the potentially negative impact of the US regulator’s latest proposals
Publication of swap definitions triggers countdown to compliance deadline...
The publication of swap definitions earlier this week initiates a 60-day countdown for compliance to key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act
Errors in CFTC extraterritorial guidance to be amended
A CFTC source acknowledges that inconsistencies in the proposed interpretative guidance on the cross-border application of Dodd-Frank will have to be ironed out
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