The CFTC is working hard to refine the swaps data reporting process and hopes that those changes and subsequent data harmonization internationally will be a game-changer for the derivatives industry, reports Petal Walker, chief counsel for CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen. Walker, who spoke at FTF’s DerivOps North America conference in Chicago last month, says that… Read More >>
Tullett Prebon Info Targets Fragmented SDR Data
Data provider Tullett Prebon Information (TPI) has just launched an aggregated swap data feed that attempts to collect and standardize the vast amounts of data made available by the creation of Dodd-Frank mandated swap data repositories (SDRs). Dodd-Frank requires reporting counterparties and reporting entities to submit swap transaction data to SDRs via electronic reporting to… Read More >>
