Clearing

Central clearing house becomes a reality

Clearing Corporation, a Chicago-based clearing house, and the New York-based Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will launch central counterparty clearing services for a range of over-the-counter credit derivatives in the third quarter.

EEX - An exchange of ideas

The European Energy Exchange is positioning itself as the key trading hub for Europe's energy and emissions markets. Roderick Bruce meets Tim Greenwood, head of UK operations at EEX, and Oliver Maibaum, sales and business development director, to discuss…

Gridlock in CDS confirmations

As if banks haven't got enough to worry about, new data from Markit Group shows that the amount of unconfirmed credit derivatives trades has increased sharply, to levels not seen for around two years. Simon Boughey reports

Back to Basics

We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Mark Beeston, president of trade affirmation platform T-Zero, looks at novations

Back to Basics

We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Markit Group analysts Gavan Nolan, based in London, and Kiet Tran, based in New York, explain how the ABX index works

The race to launch credit futures

Eurex, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange are locked in a struggle for market share of the new credit futures market. But are investors really sold on the new instruments? Matthew Attwood finds out

War of words escalates in Cbot battle

A week after IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) announced its audacious $10 billion attempt to prise the Chicago Board of Trade from their grip, Chicago Mercantile Exchange executives gathered in Chicago to pour scorn on the proposal.

ICE proposes $10 billion merger with CBOT

The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has made a proposal to the Chicago Board of Trade to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction that would create the world’s most comprehensive derivatives exchange, ICE announced today.

Clearing houses may face greater competition

David Hardy, former chief executive of London-based clearing house LCH.Clearnet, warned that clearing houses may face greater competition if they don’t lower fees and provide more services. Speaking to RiskNews at the Futures and Options Expo in Chicago,…

CME, CBOT to merge

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is to merge with the Chicago Board of Trade in a move the exchanges say is “expected to transform global derivatives markets.”

Overcoming the barriers to a CDS futures market

The long-awaited CDS futures contract from Eurex has suffered repeated setbacks. Initially planned for launch last year, it is yet to make an appearance. Sell-side inertia, documentation disputes and a booming OTC market are some of the obstacles it…

Women in credit

Credit magazine profiles 50 top-achievers working in the global credit markets today

Building a market for credit options

Calls to improve efficiency in credit options trading are intensifying as the market continues to mature. Hardeep Dhillon looks at a recent initiative by Icap which brought together market participants to discuss dealers' proposals

The value of experience

Sunil Chadda was recently installed as head of Citisoft's hedge fund and derivatives practice. Victor Anderson speaks to him about trends that he's identified since his appointment, the impact Mifid (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) is…