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Newedge to offer OTC clearing in Asia
Broker seeks to broaden its Asia offering by adding OTC IRS clearing in Singapore
Rise in CCPs may spur collateral fragmentation
Currency controls
CFTC braced for litigation over swap reporting showdown
Rule 1001 would route trades cleared at CME exclusively into its swap data repository. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation claims the rule is a ruse to skirt Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules and monetise swap data. Now the lawyers are…
Let swap platforms trade futures – Icap’s Spencer
Icap's chief executive says proposed derivatives rules are reinforcing exchange monopolies
Futurisation worries end-users of OTC energy derivatives
The right tools for the job?
OTC market faces up to CCP-dependent pricing
Spot the differentials
Ice-NYSE Euronext: Good or bad for margin offsets?
Merger margins
Exchanges woo insurers with futures alternative to OTC swaps
With the price of over-the-counter swaps predicted to increase as new derivatives rules take effect, futures are being touted as an efficient alternative hedging tool, but are they a perfect fit? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
CME launches three-year CNH futures contract to meet dim sum bond hedging demand
CME to offer CNH futures from February 25; becomes second provider after HKEx launched CNH futures contract last September
Asia steel derivatives market struggling to compete with iron ore
Steeled for the fight
US firms returning to iron ore derivatives after SGX and CFTC clear regulatory obstacles
The CFTC’s no-action relief letter issued late last year and SGX’s upcoming iron ore futures contract have ended uncertainty and brought back hesitant market participants
DTCC threatens lawsuit over CME SDR plan
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation could take legal action to stop proposed rule that would force CME clearing customers to report to its own SDR
Risk awards 2013: The winners
Keeping up
Central clearing: what obstacles remain for Asia?
Despite the deadline for introducing central clearing already passing, a number of questions are unanswered. Leading figures from around the region voice their concerns
Asia regulators try to work together as trade repository regimes begin in 2013
The move to central clearing will generate a wealth of information on derivatives around the region – but making use of this requires both trade repositories and data sharing. Progress on both has been slow
LNG derivatives suffer from lack of liquidity
In need of liquidity
One size fits none: Industry split over futures and OTC holding periods
One size fits none
Dodd-Frank and its impact on Asia
States of confusion
Risk USA: 'Futurisation' trend could hurt Sefs, says CFTC's Chilton
Sefs could lose out if OTC trading volumes move into listed products, says CFTC commissioner - but he is "comfortable" with decision to approve the CME's new swap future contract
Turning points: DME’s Christopher Fix
Christopher Fix
Going vertical: Dealers mimic futures exchanges
Vertical rush
Clearing members fear $5 billion intra-day funding burden
The intra-day funding burden