A new white paper from the Office of Financial Research (OFR), a division of the U.S. Treasury Department, has found that when big banks conduct their stress tests they should be more aware of the dire consequences that indirect counterparties of credit default swaps (CDSes) can have. In fact, the new research suggests that the… Read More >>
Massad Makes Pitch for New Swaps Data Gathering System
The CFTC is forging ahead with a second major attempt to make swap data reporting “accurate, consistent and timely” as CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad recently stressed in a speech before the 2016 Office of Financial Research (OFR) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) annual conference presented by the U.S. Treasury Department. “We have come a… Read More >>
