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RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
New regulations could make interest rate swaps a more expensive product. As a result, large buy-side firms are looking at alternatives such as swap futures, which are also getting the backing of some dealers....
Dodd-Frank’s swaps push-out rule takes effect for non-US banks in July 2013, but many are said to be doing nothing to prepare – a gamble that the requirement will be repealed before it can force them...
It’s the biggest futures exchange in the world, so CME Group naturally has both friends and enemies. Some of its friends are very well connected – and some of its enemies claim this influence has been...
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Into Africa: Building a sub-Saharan OTC market
Nigeria opened up a local over-the-counter derivatives market last year – a big step for the sub-Saharan region. Dealers and hedgers are now hoping for growth across the region, but some big gaps need to be filled. By Michael Watt
How Basel III is turning borders into barriers
Increasing prices on cross-currency swaps as a result of Basel III’s credit valuation adjustment charge are making it harder for companies to issue bonds overseas – this is just one example of the fragmentation of global capital markets
Despite extension, banks still fretting over CFTC's business conduct...
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 of contracts to be amended – and despite...
Access denied: Hundreds of firms could be unable to use CCPs
Thousands of firms are likely to be caught by the over-the-counter clearing mandate – but banks offering client clearing services say they can only take on a limited number of customers. As things stand, those frozen out would be unable to trade. Joe...
The agent-principal dilemma
The future is a scary place for derivatives market-makers. Faced with a barrage of new rules, some have begun to prepare for a world in which they act more as agents than principals – but what does that mean for the profitability of the business? Mark...
Traders close ranks against FVA critics
Derivatives desks have been passing along funding costs for uncollateralised trades since bank spreads blew out in the crisis. But a funding-dependent price is subjective – and this is intolerable to some quants and risk managers. A heated debate is...
Indian corporates turn to forex options
A precipitous fall in the value of the rupee combined with a restrictive regulatory framework for forex hedging has prompted Indian corporates to pile into the options market
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