Articles by Helen Bartholomew
CFTC probed CDS market under last enforcement head
Goelman compares manufactured payouts to match-fixing, and says CFTC has jurisdiction to bring case
Mattatia heads to BNPP amid SG departures
Derivatives structurer to resurface at Paris rival; Quessette becomes latest to leave SG
Compression firms vie to ease Libor switch
Quantile and TriOptima launching services to tear up Libor swaps and replace with new rates
Giancarlo expects to resolve EU-US CCP spat
CFTC chairman lauds relationship with EU’s Dombrovskis
Swinburne: post-Brexit financial services deal could work
Isda AGM: Idea of comprehensive EU-UK deal immediately worries CFTC official
Fixing CDSs: lots of patches, no magic wand
Isda response to Hovnanian controversy could open new loopholes, traders warn
A&O vs Linklaters in IM platform race
Law firms are backing rival attempts to cut margin doc costs for buy side
Stephane Mattatia to leave Societe Generale
Equity derivatives structuring veteran jumps ship for rival bank
Power to the people: US bourse bets on retail rush into swaps
Eris Exchange hopes retail access to its swap futures will usher in new era of swaps for all
Equity derivatives now biggest consumer of initial margin
Fragmented product set is 1.3% of OTC notional but attracts more margin than rates and forex
Brexit: banks take the ‘no’ out of novations
Swaps clauses stop end-users blocking counterparty switch, making it easier to move trades to EU affiliates
Month of higher vol spurs equity derivatives trading
Turmoil benefits total return futures, cross-asset arbitrage and dispersion
Old dispersion product signals new vol regime
Return of pre-crisis, ‘theta-flat’ trades an early sign of shifting volatility expectations