Intercontinental Exchange (Ice)
EU members of US options CCP face $30bn capital hit
OCC fears approval will be held up by absence of SEC clearing rules
People: Deutsche adds new financial institutions co-head
Celeste Guth joins Deutsche as co-head of the financial institutions group; UBS shakes up US rates; Wetjen heads to DTCC
End-users and banks seek radical change to Emir reporting
Corporates willing to write off sunk costs in move to single-sided regime
CCP stress tests could help buy side pick winners
BlackRock exec calls for standardised test before European clearing starts
Ice credit swap futures off to a slow start
Credit investors see "no need" for contract; Ice hopes other players will see appeal
US gas price reporting drop raises questions about indexes
Energy companies blame regulatory risk for reluctance to report trades
Fall in US gas hub liquidity hampers derivatives market
Shale revolution undermines long-standing Platts indexes on US Gulf Coast
CFTC’s Giancarlo backs phased approach to position limits
Agency should wait before implementing non-spot-month limits, commissioner says
Nasdaq energy futures face liquidity challenge
Traders say new exchange may struggle to compete with CME and Ice
Report highlights decline in US gas price reporting
Fewer energy firms reporting to Platts and other index publishers, report says
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
US vs EU CCP scrap may be settled by margin study
Isda AGM: analysis aims to end wrangle over merits of 1-day and 2-day margin rules
Massad: CFTC will not challenge CME invoice spread rule
No progress on SLR changes, but ‘good chance’ of uncleared margin deadline extension
People: Deutsche shakes up European rates team
Richard Jackson departs; Sam Wisnia to head European rates trading
Commodity derivatives lead the way for OTC reform
Enron proved merits of bottom-up evolution, not change imposed from above
Exchange of the year: Eurex
Risk Awards 2015: French and Italian bond contracts became popular hedges last year
Ice to launch Brent and gold contracts in Asia
US exchange looking to tap into regional commodities demand with its SMX purchase
Lynton Jones laments IPE's hesitation over electronic trading
Lynton Jones, the IPE’s former chief executive, tried hard to promote electronic trading in Brent futures. But those efforts met with strong resistance, he tells Mark Pengelly
Exchange of the year: Ice
It took Ice six years to find a way into the interest rate futures market. Its arrival - via the $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext - will intensify competition in over-the-counter derivatives clearing
Oil market faces tight deadline for Ice Brent protocol
As Ice prepares to shift Brent expiry calendar on December 6, Isda releases protocol to enable orderly transition of OTC market
Revived Dodd-Frank position limits worry energy firms
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is gearing up for another big fight over position limits, after its original rule was rejected by a federal court. The agency’s latest proposal, released in November, gives market participants little reason for…
Ice Brent changes prove a hard pill to swallow
Ice says a plan to shift the expiry dates of futures and options on Brent crude oil is an important fix that will tighten the link between the physical and futures markets. However, carrying out the necessary changes could be painful for market…
Ice bows to pressure on Brent contract changes
Exchange delays plan to shift expiry calendar for Brent crude oil futures and options after firms complain they need more time to prepare