Broker-dealers and FCMs
EU banks relax credit terms for OTC trades – ECB
Price and non-price trade conditions likely to ease for most firms in Q3
Default fund costs dominate US G-Sibs’ cleared swaps charges
Default fund contributions accounted for 62% of the eight banks’ RWAs
JP Morgan hoovers up $1.5bn of client margin in Q1
Total required client margin held by bank increases 13% quarter-on-quarter
Easing of euro OTC trade terms anticipated – ECB
Financial strength of counterparties and competitive pressures could cause easing
Citi grows US swaps margin share in 2018
Citi remains the largest FCM, with a 27.5% share of total required client margin
Interest rate ETD volumes tick up in Q3
Longer-dated contracts push total open interest higher
Costs deter clearing clients from using back-up dealers
End-users say using more than one clearing broker doesn't make economic sense
Morgan Stanley FCM gains ground in Q2
Share of required client margin increases to 19% at end-June
Swaps end-users struggle for clearing access – survey
Thirty of 44 derivatives end-users cite difficulties finding and maintaining access to CCPs
Dealers and FCMs split on clearing incentives
72% of client clearing firms say leverage ratio a clearing disincentive
EU banks toughen terms for OTC trades – ECB
Credit conditions for SFT and OTC derivatives tightened over past three months
Citi fastest growing FCM; Credit Suisse loses ground – CFTC data
Citi grows client margin 36% in year to end-April, Credit Suisse shrinks 16%