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Brokers lift the lid on swaps-to-futures confusion at Ice
The conversion of over-the-counter energy swaps to futures at Ice has been hailed as a seamless transition, but there is an alternative history – of last-minute decisions, U-turns and confusion that...
Ice’s December announcement of a planned $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext sets up a battle for over-the-counter clearing supremacy in the US between Ice-NYSE and CME Group. The first shots...
Is the sale of Credit Suisse’s physical ETF business to Blackrock the death knell for the derivatives-based model? By Richard Jory
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New rules on OTC derivatives clearing in Mexico are expected soon - and the country's derivatives exchange already has one answer. By Joe Rennison
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. Is this the beginning of the end for over-the-counter...
The power behind the throne: CME and the fight for futures market supremacy...
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 used to stifle competition, allowing the exchange...
Fixed-income ETFs lure the bulls, despite outflows
Although most market participants in Europe are bullish about the outlook for fixed-income exchange-traded funds, money has been withdrawn from this part of the blossoming ETF market this year. Mike Winfield investigates the reasons for this and the divergence...
ETF providers look to alternative beta
Alternatively-weighted indexes are attracting more and more attention from ETF providers. So far this year Ossiam, PowerShares and State Street have listed ETFs that provide exposure to equities weighted to minimise risk, capture high beta, and increase...
Available to trade: row over scope of Dodd-Frank execution rules
The Dodd-Frank Act requires cleared over-the-counter trades to be executed on an exchange or swap execution facility – as long as at least one venue makes the swap available to trade. So, who gets to decide when a swap meets that criterion? Peter Madigan...
How index and ETF innovation is delivering more focused exposure to...
Emerging markets ETFs are gaining traction with investors as providers innovate and generate new strategies for emerging markets exposure. As ETFs based on emerging markets local currency government bond indexes emerge, and others target specific themes...
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