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Wells Fargo’s F&O client margin reached new high in January
Required funds up $380m, pushing FCM’s month-end figure past pandemic peak
Options to mitigate the challenges of index cessation fallbacks and conversion
This has so far been a defining year for index cessation, Isda’s fallbacks protocol and central counterparty conversions. TriOptima insists that now is the time for firms to get their interest rate swap portfolios in order before year-end
Capital One oil swaps waiver could haunt CFTC
Oil price collapse raises fresh questions about regulator’s justification for offering relief
An old fight over margin protections rears its head
CFTC rules on margin and loss limits for separate accounts are being torn up for asset managers
Shrinking ranks of swaps clearers could see new entrants
NFA official says "a couple" of firms have filed applications to open a swaps FCM
Credit Suisse excess swaps collateral falls by 45%
Huge buffer set tongues wagging, but has shrunk dramatically in past three months
Cargill reveals 'struggle' with Dodd-Frank swap dealer rules
Rules are uphill battle for non-financial firms, says compliance chief
Shell unit seeks to register as swap dealer
Shell becomes second energy company to seek swap dealer status under Dodd-Frank
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
Goldman $1.5m fine for rogue trading loss ‘insufficient’, says Chilton
CFTC's Bart Chilton criticises the commission's fine, saying it should be at least five times higher
PFGBest bankruptcy fuels calls for stronger protection of customer funds
The collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, which comes just nine months after the bankruptcy of MF Global, has raised the pressure on US regulators to boost protection of customer funds held by futures commission merchants
CFTC divided on user fee for regulated entities
Commission split on budget proposal to part-fund agency with fees
CBOT chief again hits out at Eurex US
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) chairman Charles Carey urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to conduct a full and careful review of the application by Eurex to establish a US subsidiary yesterday. Carey’s comments are the latest in an ongoing…