Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Commodity swap data goes from bad to worse
Lack of regulatory guidance, collaboration and market confusion continue to plague SDR reports
Would whoever’s left at the CFTC please turn on the light?
Lack of resources – and commissioners – becoming increasingly apparent at US regulator
People: Bowen to depart CFTC, Giancarlo sits nomination hearing
Changes at the CFTC; Evolution Markets launches US natural gas basis brokerage; CHS elects new CEO
US dealers wade into European CCP relocation debate
CFTC hearing warns of increased margining costs and a pre-Brexit client onboarding crunch
Energy firms raise concerns over CFTC capital rules
Commercial swap dealers might not qualify for a treatment designed specifically for them
SEC and CFTC will align on derivatives rules, Cox tells funds
Ex-SEC head says hedge funds should expect greater harmonisation between regulators
Japan seeks speedy margin rule equivalence decisions
The country has equivalence agreements with Canada and the US, but not Europe
Jeff Bandman leaves CFTC for private sector role
Former acting director of clearing and risk led negotiations with EC over CCP equivalence
CFTC rules shake-up could outpace Treasury review
Giancarlo’s Project Kiss could deliver faster than Mnuchin’s four-part regulatory reform report due next month
The Dark Ages: US and EU unite in position limit vagaries
Regulators’ inactivity infuriates commodities markets
Euro clearing relocation ‘will inform’ US cross-border policy
Isda AGM: CFTC’s Giancarlo says geography has been no barrier for EU CCPs in the US
Compliance chiefs call on CFTC to end position limits uncertainty
Energy Risk USA: market participants say delay in rulemaking is ‘very frustrating’
Giancarlo: SLR change would cut clearing capital by 70%
Isda AGM: netting of clearing collateral would boost activity without weakening banks, claims CFTC chair
Euro clearing location paper due on June 28
Short precursor on Brexit-related initiative expected on May 4, alongside Emir review
Banks seek escape from inter‑affiliate margin burden
Internal transactions contributing “substantial” amount of banks’ initial margin requirement
CFTC counsel warns of threat to clearing portability
Leverage ratio seen as biggest impediment to porting client positions
Regulators told to play greater role in cyber security
Companies can’t battle threats on their own, CFTC told
People: CFTC picks enforcement and legislative affairs chiefs
Other changes at Eni, Societe Generale, Danske Commodities, Glencore, Global Coal, Six plus more
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Buy side fuels boom in single-name CDS clearing
Ice single-name CDS volumes double year on year following switch to semi-annual rolls
Feet of Clayton
New SEC chairman split between presidential deregulation agenda and filling holes in existing rules
Transparency premium: insurers seek swaps reporting reform
US insurers claim their bespoke swaps are being front-run, raising hedging costs
Commodity firms aim to tighten up on spoofing
Citigroup fine and CFTC comments put market on alert
OFR leads US push for mandatory adoption of LEIs
Berner says his bureau could use repo-reporting project to drive uptake of legal entity identifiers