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ARRC’s trivial fight over term SOFR use
Toyota’s ABS deal should not derail effort to expand use of term rate in derivatives
FCA proposes using CME’s term SOFR for synthetic US Libor
IBA agrees to use rival’s ARRC-endorsed benchmark to avoid bifurcating the market
Concern over sluggish adoption of ESG futures
While the number of products is on the rise, very few have underlying liquidity
Equity swap clearing: LSEG aims to sway naysayers
Initial margin, SA-CCR and Archegos fuel comeback of total return swap clearing, but scepticism remains
Stick or twist? CME retains FCM application
Even though FTX has withdrawn its application, the exchange still plans to take on FCM business
Nasdaq takes aim at equity TRSs with bespoke futures
Can custom basket forwards convince buy-side firms to ditch bilateral swaps?
Credit Suisse shake-up, HSBC’s new CFO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Battle lines drawn as exchanges launch €STR futures
CME is betting its three-month contracts will give it an edge over Ice’s one-month version
Gilt volatility to live on in IM and capital models
Even if sterling rates vol subsides, it will impact interest rate and cross-currency swap costs for years
Brokers slam CME over ‘conflict of interest’ in FCM plan
Clearing members question how CME could be quasi-regulator as well as direct competitor
BlackRock slashes book as IR swap market volume rises
Counterparty Radar: Pimco’s book surpassed $40 billion in Q2, growing to half of mutual fund space
CFTC backs banks in tussle over clearing house governance
CME and Ice will need to pay more attention to clearing members on risk committees
Bypassing consent may aid CCP porting – report
CPMI-Iosco report says clearing houses cannot reasonably accommodate client preference; brokers favour rule book harmony
Interest rate vol triggered three breaches at CME in Q2
CCP’s interest rate swaps clearing unit reported its first initial margin shortfalls since Q3 2020
CME preps April Eurodollar conversion
US exchange selects April 14, 2023 to flip open interest in heavily traded Libor contracts to SOFR
Esma warns new foreign clearing house rules could backfire
Löber says euro swaps trading may move away from CCPs that face toughest EU scrutiny
ARRC reconvenes task force to evaluate term SOFR curbs
Concerns over one-sided market for term SOFR swaps prompts review of ‘scope of use’ guidelines
Capital Group leads charge in ballooning IR swaps market
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds flock to G10 currency trades as macro conditions worsen
People: Richardson rises at JPM, Barclays hires Zaimi in Apac
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CME to reinforce term SOFR with swap inputs
Inclusion would leapfrog a 25% OTC liquidity threshold embedded in methodology
LCH plans two-part US Libor swap conversion
CCP to ditch pre-emptive basis splitting in April and May switchover, but retains overlay swaps
Ukraine crisis ‘made VM three times IM’ on CME commodities
Isda AGM: Margins spiked in April following rises in oil, gas and wheat prices triggered by Russia’s Ukraine invasion
CME chief’s arguments at FTX hearing raise eyebrows
Terry Duffy’s criticism of exchange’s direct clearing proposal revives debate over ‘skin in the game’
Avoiding cash drag using equity index futures
Learn how Equity Index futures, from CME Group, can be used to keep a portfolio fully exposed to its benchmark index while allowing cash to remain for operational purposes.