Swap execution facilities (SEFs)
Barney Frank: CFTC Sef rules 'excessive'
Congressman supports elements of a bill to clarify CFTC mandate on swap trading venues - but insists it should not weaken competition
New CFTC block trade proposals spark row over 67% threshold
Attack the block
Gensler defends new CFTC block trade proposals
Revamped rules were not designed to mirror scope of old exemptions, CFTC chair tells FIA conference
Lack of clarity over buy-side derivatives reporting responsibilities
New derivatives regulation will require all derivatives trades to be reported to trade repositories – but some confusion exists over who has the responsibility to report
Available to trade: row over scope of Dodd-Frank execution rules
Available to trade?
CFTC: largest 6% of CDS and rates trades to get block exemptions
Hundreds of OTC product types would receive different reporting and trading thresholds under new CFTC proposals - but there is no exemption for equity derivatives
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
OTC trading platform of the year: i-Swap
Risk awards 2012
Markets braced for tough 2012 in FX
Market participants share their expectations for a challenging year ahead in the foreign exchange industry
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…
Middleware vendors face turf war with Sefs
Cutting out the middleware?
Mifid II sets up clash between voice trading and transparency
Voice in the wilderness?
Repeal of Dodd-Frank's swaps push-out seen as unlikely to pass Congress
Despite positive vote by House subcommittee, lawyers say a bill repealing section 716 of Dodd-Frank will not pass
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
Sefs in stasis as final rules edge closer
Sefs in stasis
ECB threatens to stop trading swaps with US counterparties
ECB invokes US legal amendment providing it with broad immunities and says it might stop using US dealers unless granted exemptions from Dodd-Frank Act rules
US regulators ask DOE lab to study flash-crash forecasting tool
US regulators enlist Department of Energy computing power to analyse metric that aims to predict catastrophic market events
Sponsored statement: MarketAxess
Fixed income e-trading trends: The ripple effect of new financial markets regulation
Profile: Credit Suisse's algo team on automating OTC markets
Automating OTC
FIA-Isda group runs rule over Sef credit check plans
The OTC market still does not know how to provide certainty that a trade will be cleared - but an FIA-Isda meeting in New York gave attendees a chance to look at what is on offer
OTC derivatives reform will lead to algo boom, banks predict
Dodd-Frank and Sefs set to encourage growth in algorithmic execution of OTC derivatives, say dealers