Articles by Tom Osborn
Regulators clash on Mifid waivers
Some regulators and brokers have expressed fears that exemptions included in Mifid may mean European rules on trade execution are not equivalent to the US – but a key parliamentarian disagrees
Futures data will be useless to regulators without reporting delay, Esma warns
Esma responds to EC's 'intended rejection' of one-year postponement
Ice members split over new client clearing model
Dealers fear mutualised exposure in 'sponsored principal' model
Timing tension – Europe clearing deadline set to slip
Mandatory clearing in Europe is widely expected to start from next year, but the complex authorisation process, combined with the variety of collateral segregation models, means the start date for some clients could be much later. Tom Osborn reports
Paulhac leaves CME Group
CME’s head of OTC products and services is expected to take up a senior position at Icap at critical juncture for electronic swaps trading
Start of EU clearing mandate could drag into 2015
Nick Sawyer, editor-in-chief of Risk, and Risk staff writer Tom Osborn discuss the timeline for clearing in Europe, and the tensions this could create with other regulators
Clearing in Europe won’t bite until 2015, banks expect
CFTC's Chilton says "continuing to kick the can down the road is just not acceptable", as expectations grow that Europe will miss 2014 start date
No plans to change haircuts on US Treasury collateral, CME says
CME Group has no plans to alter haircuts on US Treasury bills, despite some concern that politicians will fail to avert a US default on October 17
Rand volatility jolts South Africa's quanto stock futures market
Currency controls in South Africa limit the ability of domestic investors to build stakes in big overseas companies. Listed quanto futures are one way round that, but the users remain exposed to currency risk – so some banks are now pushing an options…
Remembering Lehman: CCPs hardwire collapse into models
Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the chaos that followed is now being erased from some value-at-risk models – and clearing houses do not agree on how to prop up their margin requirements. By Tom Osborn
Fed wrong not to start QE tapering, says UBS economist
The surprise decision by the Federal Reserve last month not to scale back its quantitative easing programme will create more volatility, says economist
Officials blindsided by CFTC's Sef footnote 88, says Ferber
Senior MEP says officials from US and Europe only recognised dangers of Sef rules footnote in recent weeks
Liquidity & Funding Risk 2013: Don't rely on forward guidance, say ALM chiefs
Forward guidance alone is of little use from a liquidity planning point of view, conference hears
Longevity: Opportunity or flop?
Pension schemes are sitting on a huge amount of longevity risk, and capital markets investors could provide a home for this exposure. It looks like a tempting opportunity for bank intermediaries – but many dealers have tried and failed. Tom Osborn reports
Swap futures start-up needs dealer support, says buy side
New London-based platform has buy-side fans, but no publicly declared backing from market-makers
IsdaFix faces rival based on swap repository data
New end-of-day benchmark is "much harder to manipulate" than industry standard IsdaFix
Risk interdealer rankings 2013: Brokers
Steeled for consolidation
The slow growth of cross-product margining
The slow growth of cross-product margining
CME default fund contributions likely to rise following CFTC move
A change in CFTC rules could lead to clearing members having to increase default fund contributions at CME and other US CCPs
Eurex, CME and NYSE Liffe weigh long-dated inflation futures
Pension funds look for alternatives to OTC inflation swaps, as clearing services remain on the drawing board
Cross-margining at CME slowed by practical challenges
Only two FCMs are currently offering margin offsets between interest rate swaps and futures at CME
Tax questions cloud prospects for CME swap future and Mac swaps
Early users of CME’s deliverable swap futures contracts fear the products will be taxed as loans in some situations. And with features of those contracts being used in other new instruments, it could become an issue for the entire industry. Tom Osborn…
Emir flaws could see futures reporting delayed till 2015
Esma acknowledges industry concerns over delegated reporting provisions and confirms it is considering a one-year delay