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As Q4 approaches, people moves in the market tend to slowdown. However, this week was an exception with numerous hires and departures in all regions.
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Enhancing counterparty credit risk management practices is a key focus for banks. This is in response to changes in accounting rules and new prudential and market regulations, which have tightened substantially following the financial crisis.
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Larry Tabb has carved a unique spot as an objective observer of the derivatives market over the last 10 years. His firm’s research is seen as having the pulse of buy- and sellsiders—he also has the ear of regulators as evinced by his role in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission effort to define high-frequency trading. In an extensive interview with DW, he forecasts a vastly different OTC landscape emerging over the next five-seven years. The regulatory changes will see less bespoke flow and deals concentrated in fewer hands. He also foresees teething issues as swap execution facilities get off the ground, for example through a dash to get as many products as possible made available to trade.
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Interoperability of global clearing models is not only undesirable but could kill product innovation, said Phupinder Gill, ceo of CME Group, at the 34th Bürgenstock annual global derivatives markets conference in Geneva.
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The capital cost of clearing for banks could lead end-users to create shadow-banking entities to clear trades, according to panelists.
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Migrating clients onto newly-approved swap execution facilities could take months, despite the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wednesday deadline for swaps trading to be moved onto the platforms.