UK and US sign post-Brexit derivatives trading and clearing agreement
Regulators have agreed on measures to provide a “bridge over Brexit” for derivatives trading and clearing in the UK and US.
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Derivatives
The Big Interview: Chris Childs, CEO of DTCC Deriv/SERV
DTCC Deriv/SERV chief executive, Chris Childs, tells The TRADE about the role DTCC’s TIW played at the time of the financial crisis, and the progress made so far in establishing a global reporting framework for OTC derivatives.
CFTC adds four UK-based MTFs to SEF exemption list
With addition of four UK-based MTFs, the CFTC’s list of EU-based venues exempt from SEF registration now totals 20.
Commerzbank to pay $12 million for swaps dealing violations
The US CFTC found that Commerzbank failed to supervise its swap dealing activities and made misleading compliance statements to the regulator.
Former Deutsche Bank swaps trader fined $350,000 for trying to hide trading losses
Jacob Bourne, a swaps trader and managing director at Deutsche Bank, mismarked swaps valuations to try and conceal losses.
Former SEC head resigns from LSEG board to join Bloomberg
Mary Schapiro was chair of the SEC from 2009 to 2012 and joined LSEG as a non-executive director in 2015.
Mizuho Bank fined $250,000 for spoofing futures markets
Mizuho Bank has settled charges with the CFTC after one of its traders carried out spoofing in US Treasury and Eurodollar futures markets.
CFTC fines Bank of America $30 million in latest USD ISDAFIX settlement
The charges against Bank of America marks the ninth CFTC enforcement action against major investment banks related to ISDAFIX rigging.
NEX Group to pay $50 million for USD ISDAFIX rigging
NEX Group subsidiary Intercapital Capital Markets was found to have helped bank clients manipulate the USD ISDAFIX benchmark.
NatWest Markets settles swaps reporting charges with CFTC
NatWest Markets will pay $750,000 to settle charges after the CFTC found it had misreported hundreds of thousands of swaps transactions.