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Clearing certainty: Hubs hit heavy weather
Unclear over clearing hubs
The slow growth of cross-product margining
The slow growth of cross-product margining
Head oil trader leaves Barclays
Senior energy trader exits JP Morgan; New Morgan Stanley gas origination team; Giancarlo nominated for CFTC role; Costantino joins Cargill; Noble nabs Shell power trader
Sefs and exchanges echo EC's CDS licence complaints
Abuse of power?
Morgan Stanley loses retail structured products head
Copplestone exits Morgan Stanley
Banks’ physical commodity trading comes under scrutiny
Amid a review of a 2003 determination by the Federal Reserve, the involvement of US banks in physical commodities has come under fire from regulators, politicians and the media. Could they really be forced to exit physical trading? Alexander Osipovich…
Q&A: NAIC's CEO and president on group supervision, systemic risk and captives
The standard-setters
Insurers prepare for interest rate hikes
Rate of relief
Global insurer systemic risk proposals stoke controversy
Saving the system
Energy firms find Emir thresholds too close for comfort
The European Market Infrastructure Regulation will force non-financial counterparties to clear trades in over-the-counter derivatives once they reach a set of notional thresholds. And despite their original expectations, many energy companies could be…
EPA rules may create new opportunities for US carbon traders
The US government is planning to use the Environmental Protection Agency to combat climate change, in a move that could create new opportunities for carbon traders, according to lawyers and analysts. Alexander Osipovich reports
Hedge funds play key role in Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Seeing the bigger picture
Index licensing fees: heading for a fall?
Fee fighters
German banks in fight for market share as FTT looms
The waiting game
The importance of trading to smart energy business models
Expertise in energy trading is vital to the success of smart energy business models, which rely on integrating decentralised generation assets with the wholesale energy market. That presents an opportunity for firms with the right skills, argue Jim…
Fatca risks internal wranglings in FFIs
The Fatca tension
Still no end in sight for US banks' parallel run
Overtaken by events
Bond ETFs under stress in market sell-off
Beyond redemption?
European regulators get to grips with Remit monitoring
By mid-2014, the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency is expected to see European energy market participants reporting masses of information about their trading activity to regulators. How do regulators intend to use this data…
Bitcoin, money laundering and compliance risk
Small but growing, electronic currencies promise privacy and anonymity for users – and plenty of new issues for banks
Arms-length banking a problem for AML in Cyprus
Cypriot regulators trying to rebuild the island's reputation are taking shots at the use of "introducers" acting for foreign customers
Solvency II extrapolation proposals feed volality debate
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s report on the long-term guarantees assessment has reignited the debate on the methodology for determining the risk-fee term structure. The authority’s proposals for a long extrapolation period…