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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
The derivatives market gathered in London on Thursday night to celebrate its leading players
Internal restrictions mean SSAs issue fewer CMS-linked notes
JP Morgan and Dutch pension fund PGGM transacted derivatives margin trade
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In its 2014 annual report, the US Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) highlighted three threats to financial stability. One of these deserves investors' closest attentions.
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Intercontinental Exchange will list Eris futures and options from the first quarter of next year, heralding the onset of swap futures trading on the exchange.
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The big story in the global economy as 2014 comes to an end is undoubtedly the sharp fall in the oil price. Brent crude has dipped below $70 a barrel, the lowest for about five years.
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Regulators demand numerous know-your-customer checks to be performed and accurate client and counterparty data checks be made. Not only do firms need to make substantial changes to their internal processes to meet these requirements, they must ensure that the counterparty and client data they hold is accurate from the outset and then efficiently managed forevermore. Legal entity data management is far from a simple task, however, and with a swathe of risk management and investor transparency requirements due to come into force over the coming years, firms need to give this critical activity some serious attention. To read the full Learning Curve titled ‘The big data challenge: firms must act now’ written by Mark Davies, general manager and head of Avox, please go to www.globalcapital.com/derivatives/learning-curves.
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Bursa Malaysia Derivatives has launched enhanced five year bond futures, providing market participants with a tool to help manage risk in an environment governed by central bank interest rate policies.
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A credit event similar to the 2013 default of SNS Reaal would test out new terms of derivatives contracts, and would be likely to convince some market participants to make the switch from credit default swap contracts governed by 2003 definitions, to the new rules implemented by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association earlier this year.