Infrastructure
Eurex cuts no Ice
The July 31 deadline for central clearing of credit default swaps in Europe was successfully met by dealers and clearing platforms. Both Eurex and IntercontinentalExchange have launched clearing services in Europe, but take-up for Eurex’s has so far been…
Murky business
A growing number of observers claim activity by some high-frequency trading firms amounts to little more than manipulation. Some people are throwing around words like 'criminals', 'indictments' and 'theft'. Is there any evidence of wrongdoing? Duncan…
Buy-side battle
Central clearing has dominated the agenda of credit derivatives dealers this year. With regulators pushing for buy-side firms to have access to clearing platforms, dealers and clearing houses are finding there is a great deal of work still to be done…
Data, data everywhere
Making sense of the vast streams of differently formatted data produced by the financial services industry every day is a recurring nightmare for risk managers and regulators. Efforts are now under way to standardise data formats, with Malaysia setting…
CLS: US-Canada forex settlement due in 2010
CLS Bank, the multi-currency cash settlement system provider, is aiming to settle same-day US dollar/Canadian dollar and US dollar/Mexican peso currency trades by the end of 2010, according to chief executive Rob Close.
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive US data; Citi leads
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 20)
CDS: Spreads widen tracking stocks
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 19)
CDS: Citi, BoA lead spreads wider again
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 14)
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive France, Germany GDP data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 13)
CDS: Spreads continue to widen
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 12)