Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Futures markets could get OTC-style safeguards
Futures market participants expect tougher - and more expensive - collateral protections to be introduced as a result of the MF Global debacle, and the CFTC is ruling nothing out
CFTC requests 50% increase in funding for 2013
White House resurrects idea of funding CFTC through fees paid by regulated firms
Eurex to offer full segregation in March launch of OTC clearing
Eurex Clearing plans to be the first OTC clearer to offer full segregation of collateral when it launches in March - demand has risen since MF Global collapse
Risk and Energy Risk commodity rankings 2012: metals
Hard times for metals markets
Icap’s forex e-trading platform to offer outright forwards
Icap’s forex spot and NDF electronic platform, EBS, is looking to diversify into outright forwards and other services this year
Identifiers will place significant technology demands on industry, say dealers
Progress to create a new set of industry standard codes to identify institutions, products and transactions is moving forward as regulatory reporting deadlines loom, but it remains one of the biggest market structure challenges of 2012 for foreign…
CFTC's Sommers and O'Malia attack 'unworkable' Volcker rule
Republicans dismiss prop trading ban as overly complex, unworkable and unenforceable
FIA appoints new president
Walter Lukken, chief executive of pioneering clearing house NYPC - and former CFTC commissioner - replaces John Damgard, FIA head of 30 years
US energy firms brace for position limits
The CFTC’s decision to press ahead with enforcement of the position-limits rule, despite an industry court challenge, means that US energy companies must get serious about compliance in 2012
CFTC "got it wrong" on block trade threshold rule
Large swap definition to be re-proposed following industry backlash
Risk.net poll: CFTC should re-think $50m rule for CCPs
More than three-quarters of respondents to a Risk.net poll think rule capping membership criteria at $50 million in capital should be changed following collapse of would-be clearer MF Global
Middleware vendors face turf war with Sefs
Cutting out the middleware?
Review of 2011: collateral, capital and chaos
Collateral, capital and chaos
Mifid II sets up clash between voice trading and transparency
Voice in the wilderness?
US buy-side 'systemic risk' form might be missing the point
Form PF and the debate on buy-side risk
Energy traders await position limits with apprehension
Energy traders await position limits with apprehension
Energy market concerns over Dodd-Frank
Casting a wide net
MF Global collapse should prompt rethink of CFTC rule on CCP membership, say dealers
The bankruptcy of MF Global should prompt the CFTC to reconsider the $50 million cap on minimum capital requirements set by CCPs on clearing members, say bankers
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
Pushed to the margins
Energy experts debate merits of speculators and position limits
CFTC and Goldman Sachs executives discuss role of speculators in commodities markets during times of volatility
CFTC’s Chilton: lessons learnt from MF Global
MF Global “new poster child for the need for thoughtful regulation" that must be "proactive, nimble, quick", says CFTC’s Chilton
Risk.net poll: G-20 will not meet deadline for OTC derivatives reforms
The vast majority of respondents to a Risk.net poll do not believe G-20 members will meet the end-2012 deadline for all standardised OTC derivatives to be cleared through CCPs
Energy Risk Trading positions – November 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets