CLS Group (CLS), a specialist settlement bank for the global foreign exchange (FX) market, and TriOptima, a vendor focusing on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives post-trade services, are behind the launch of the triReduce CLS Forward FX Compression Service that combines the CLS infrastructure with TriOptima’s compression offering, officials say. Compression is the practice of canceling out… Read More >>
Obama Announces Nominees for SEC Commissioners
The SEC may have a full slate of commissioners by the end of the year as the Obama administration has put forth two nominees — one to fill a current vacancy and another to step in for Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, who completed his term this year. Aguilar has been serving since 2008 when he… Read More >>
New Collateral Management, Margining Rules to Sting as Regulation Takes Hold
Securities firms are going to feel over the coming months multiple stings of regulation via Dodd-Frank, the EU’s European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) legislation and Basel III that will cause collateral management and margining requirements and calls to skyrocket. So says industry veteran Ted Leveroni, chief commercial officer for DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd., a joint venture… Read More >>
CFTC Gives Eurex Clearing More Time for DCO Bid
The CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk is giving Eurex Clearing more time in its bid to become a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). The division extended the no-action relief granted in CFTC Letter 14-156 to Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex Clearing) and its clearing members that are U.S. persons (U.S. clearing members), CFTC officials say. With… Read More >>
CFTC Signs MOU with Korean Regulators
The CFTC, the Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Korean Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding “cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of clearing organizations that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and in the Republic of Korea,” the CFTC… Read More >>
Massad Reinforces CFTC’s Push for Margining Uncleared Swaps
Five years after the onset of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA), CFTC Chairman Timothy G. Massad outlined last week the regulator’s next phase in the DFA rule-making process, which will include margin collection for uncleared swaps, stress tests for clearinghouses, a new definition of a swaps dealer, SEF trading improvements, and cross-border harmony for swaps data… Read More >>
Nasdaq Launches Energy Derivatives Marketplace
The U.S.-based Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX), an energy derivatives trading platform, has launched today, according to Nasdaq. The platform will start off by offering futures and options on oil, natural gas and U.S. power benchmarks, with a fee holiday for the first nine months of trading, officials say. All products will be cleared though the… Read More >>
Massad Favors Regs Hybrid for Cross-Border Uncleared Swaps
CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad says he’s leaning toward a hybrid approach to the problem of regulatory harmony for uncleared swaps transacted across multiple jurisdictions around the globe but he’s careful to note that his agency has not reached any conclusions. “We recognize the importance of having the uncleared margin rules of different jurisdictions be as… Read More >>
CME Clearing Europe Fills CEO, COO Posts
CME Clearing Europe, CME Group’s European multi-asset clearinghouse, reports the promotion of Tina Hasenpusch to CEO. She will replace Lee Betsill, who will be returning to CME Group’s Chicago headquarters as managing director, global clearing operations, CME Clearing. “Hasenpusch will be responsible for continuing to grow the business and will work with customers to address their… Read More >>
Polish CCP Clears First OTC Trades
Polish clearinghouse KDPW_CCP has cleared the first over-the-counter (OTC) trades denominated in Polish zloty (PLN) between Citi Handlowy and mBank, officials say. The launch of KDPW_CCP’s OTC derivatives and repo clearing service was mandated by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), according to which all OTC trades of certain derivatives must be cleared by an… Read More >>
