First Came Swaps It all started with Swaps. Bespoke contracts to give you the desired risk profile. Trouble is finding someone who wants to be on the other side of that risk. The brokers solve that challenge by finding you a counterparty. Of course, once you find a counterparty, you are not only managing risk […]
Swaps to Futures to User Defined Strategies Read More »
For three weeks commodities participants were left in the cold (see previous post). Today, ESMA has closed that gap and officially approved the remaining two applicants, ICE Trade Vault and CME. With everyone running to hit the February 12th deadline, Commodities participants were left in a holding pattern, as most were looking for a TR
ICE and CME approved as TR’s in the EU Read More »
In case you did not already know, last week the European regulatory authority ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) approved 4 of the 6 applicants as official Trade Repositories (TR’s) for derivatives trade reporting under EMIR regulations (official press release). We do expect the remaining 2 to be approved shortly…more on that below. This means
EMIR TR Approvals – Two big Omissions Read More »
I’m not big on New Year resolutions or on predictions. But in the case of Dodd-Frank and EMIR in Europe it’s hard to resist. The die has been cast and SDRs are a real thing now. Setting aside for the moment the master strokes about what DF and EMIR are supposed to be about, let’s
The Year of the Snake…and Trade Break Read More »
The CFTC issued some breaks by laying out a series of Dodd Frank “No-Action” letters. The biggies: CFTC issued a No-Action letter to prevent firms from crossing into Swaps Dealer status. The rule states that any firm doing more than $25 Million in business with “Special Entities” such as a Federal, State or Local utility
Dodd Frank | CFTC – Black Swan No Action Read More »
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