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Swaps vs futures: OTC market speaks out
Swap futures have been pitched as economically equivalent to over-the-counter swaps, but with a much lighter regulatory burden. But some over-the-counter participants claim the rules create an unfair and...
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,...
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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
CFTC loads dice in favour of futures
Since over-the-counter derivatives were first invented in the 1980s, exchanges have viewed the market through jealous eyes. Over the years, they have made numerous efforts to grab a piece of the action – a notable success being the decision by Atlanta-based...
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...
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
Lifetime achievement award: Leo Melamed
If a roll call had been taken at the lectures given by the economist Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago in 1970, it would have shown that, among the 30 to 40 people in the building’s small, boxy lecture rooms, was an outsider carrying a pen...
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