Dodd-Frank Act
WHAT IS THIS? Properly known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, this controversial US legislative package enacted a host of reforms agreed by the G20 nations in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including rules on the clearing, execution and reporting of standardised swaps. It also introduced the Volcker rule ban on proprietary trading by banks, and a new way of liquidating big institutions.
Exemption for forex swaps and forwards should hold, says GFMA’s Kemp
James Kemp, managing director of the global foreign exchange division, talks to FX Week about the biggest regulatory challenges of 2012
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
What does 2012 hold for structured products?
What's on the horizon?
Lifetime achievement award: Lance Uggla
Risk awards 2012
OTC clearing service of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
OTC trading platform of the year: i-Swap
Risk awards 2012
Exchange of the year: NYSE Liffe US
Risk awards 2012
Clearing house of the year: LCH.Clearnet
Risk awards 2012
National interests threaten reform agenda
The health of nations
Interview: CME Group
New directions
Impact of Volcker rule on energy trading
A view on Volcker
The road to US Solvency II equivalence will be a difficult one
The long, hard road
July deadline in question for Volcker implementation
Industry experts divided over Volcker deadline of July 2012
Worse than we thought
Worse than we thought
Derivatives will be more lucrative in 2012: Risk.net poll
Respondents expect to make more money from derivatives this year, despite the ongoing eurozone crisis and regulatory change
Sponsored Q&A: The Structure Group
The year ahead in the energy markets
CFTC "got it wrong" on block trade threshold rule
Large swap definition to be re-proposed following industry backlash
Asia Risk 2011 interdealer rankings: Brokers
The eurozone debt crisis has hit volumes in the interdealer market, with brokers reporting a significant drop-off in recent months. Despite the change in market dynamics, the top brokers in the region remain the same as last year, with Icap taking top…
Countdown to the G-20 deadline
Just 12 months to go until all standardised OTC derivatives are supposed to be cleared through CCPs – but meeting that deadline everywhere looks unlikely
HK OTC rules add to cross-border concerns
The Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Monetary Authority released a joint consultation on their plans to overhaul OTC derivatives regulation in October. But how will the rules fit with the patchwork of legislation drawn up elsewhere? And…
Regulation, credit are major challenges for energy traders in 2012: Trayport’s Davies
Regulation and credit are two of the biggest challenges facing energy trading companies in 2012, says James Davies at Trayport.