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Demand among Asian customers for sophisticated derivatives products is building steadily, as reflected by growing membership of NYSE Liffe. read more>
Institutional investors risk higher margin requirements if they cannot eliminate errors when communicating swap transaction data to clearing houses, according to a new report from TABB Group. read more>
The US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday unveiled its new framework for cross-border swaps, with chairman Mary Jo White claiming that its ‘substituted compliance’ approach would reduce the regulatory complexity faced by global market participants. read more>
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to lay out its plans to bolster the stability of US derivatives markets with the publication of a concept release before the end of June. read more>
BNY Mellon's new European equities and fixed income brokerage further positions the custodian and institutional services firm as a full-service provider to institutional clients, according to managing director Ian Gass. read more>
Hong Kong is gearing up to challenge Singapore's regional dominance in OTC derivatives clearing. read more>
OTC derivatives reforms may risk "wasting" a scarce commodity by causing collateral to be posted across multiple central counterparties, according to Manmohan Singh, senior economist, International Monetary Fund. read more>
BNP Paribas Securities Services has adopted automated, standardised messaging for its collateral protection programme to reduce operational risk for buy- and sell-side OTC derivatives market participants. read more>
The FTSE Group will take over the calculations for offshore RMB fixed income indices created by the Bank of China (Hong Kong) as part of an agreement to develop a series of new benchmarks. read more>
Buy-side associations have backed the substance of a letter from nine governments warning of damage to derivatives markets unless the US abandons its plan to subject overseas subsidiaries of US entities to Dodd-Frank. read more>
