Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives
Cutting Edge: the year of CVA
The year of CVA
JSCC still keen on CCP interoperability
A plea for CCPs
SFC: wrestling with local versus international
The comment period for the joint Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) consultation paper on the regulatory regime for OTC derivatives closed on November 30. SFC chief executive Ashley Alder and executive…
MF Global: non-US clients caught in cross-border collateral trap
Omnibus structure meant clearing clients of MF Global outside the US were asked to double up on collateral payments. Use of the structure for OTC markets is now in doubt
Change to Japan clearing mandate ends LCH-JSCC talks
A decision to limit the scope of Japan's clearing mandate has torpedoed months of partnership talks between LCH.Clearnet and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
G14 dealer group adds two members
Nomura joined the group at the end of August, while Crédit Agricole is expected to join in the first quarter next year - in part a response to regulator criticisms that the group had become too exclusive
Commodities market data increasingly key: market players
Inside Market Data's experts discuss the evolving market for commodities data sets in commodities webcast
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
Pushed to the margins
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
All systems go
Pickel replaces Voldstad as Isda chief executive
Bob Pickel reappointed Isda chief executive, replacing Connie Voldstad, who will stay on as special adviser to the board
Apec finance chiefs affirm commitment to Basel III and central clearing
Apec finance chiefs pledge to implement Basel III capital, liquidity and OTC derivative reforms at 18th Apec finance ministers' meeting in Hawaii
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
Sponsored Q&A: BNP Paribas
Asian commodity markets react to volatility
CCP capital rules could discourage client clearing, critics claim
Revised Basel rules provide little capital incentive for clearing members to clear trades on behalf of clients, bankers argue
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
The cross-product margining maze
Block trade allocations: FCMs and CCPs prepare for new regime
Block around the clock
Illiquidity holding back CCDS, despite Basel III endorsement
Basel III allows contingent credit default swaps (CCDSs) to be used as a mitigant when calculating credit value adjustment. Advocates of CCDSs hope that will give the market some momentum – but others say the product will continue to suffer from a…
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
Clearing the way for IT
Cutting Edge introduction: the DVA debate
The DVA debate
Isda: Inconsistency among regulators worrying
Dodd-Frank's extraterritoriality and supervisory focus on market structure reforms that will not deliver systemic risk reduction are concerns, says Isda chair Stephen O’Connor
Mixed reaction to Mifid II's proposals to improve trading transparency
Firms say definition of "algorithmic trading" needs revising, while exchanges applaud new pre- and post-trade transparency framework for OTC derivatives
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
Follow the leader?
CRD IV should reflect Emir exemptions, says Bowles
Chair of European Parliament's Econ committee believes CRD IV should mirror Emir corporate exemptions, but has not yet decided whether sovereign counterparties should enjoy the same benefit