Latest FX derivatives news

• Giancarlo unveils blueprint for swaps reform

  

  Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Christopher Giancarlo on Thursday unveiled a whitepaper that laid out his assessment of US swaps market reform since the Dodd-Frank Act came into being.

  • 05:15 PM

• MEP Ferber rejects no-action letter system

  

  Prominent German member of the European Parliament, Markus Ferber, has put down suggestions that European regulators should be granted powers to temporarily exempt market participants from regulations.

  • 23 Apr 2018

• Three firms launch initial margin repapering platform

  

  Allen & Overy, IHS Markit and Smart Communications subsidiary SmartDX on Thursday announced that they had launched a platform to speed up the repapering of derivatives contracts, in anticipation of new regulatory requirements.

  • 19 Apr 2018

• Cboe SEF launches two new currency NDFs

  

  A swap execution facility (SEF) owned by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has started trading two new foreign exchange non-deliverable forwards (NDFs), it was revealed on Tuesday.

  • 17 Apr 2018

• Trump to nominate Berkovitz for CFTC spot

  

  US President Donald Trump will nominate lawyer Dan Berkovitz to be a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the White House revealed on Monday.

  • 17 Apr 2018

• IHS Markit acquires French derivatives valuation outfit

  

  IHS Markit announced on Monday that it had acquired Paris-based DeriveXperts, a company that provides independent valuations of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.

  • 16 Apr 2018

• Industry bodies push for relief on risk reduction trades

  

  Four major capital markets and banking industry bodies have urged European legislators to change existing rules to allow for more efficient risk reduction in the derivatives markets.

  • 10 Apr 2018

• Acquisition-hungry tech companies named as Fidessa gazumpers

  

  Private equity-owned ION Investment Group has been named as the high bidder of the two that have made last minute bids to beat Temenos in the race for UK trading technology company Fidessa.

  • 05 Apr 2018

• Eleventh hour bidders derail Temenos’ Fidessa acquisition

  

  A pair of gatecrashers have burst into Temenos’ £1.4bn bid for UK trading technology firm Fidessa, with one party offering a 5% premium to the existing deal from the Swiss banking software company.

  • 04 Apr 2018

• CME enjoys record quarter as volatility strikes back

  

  As volatility returned to financial markets, US derivatives exchange operator CME saw record average daily volume for derivative contracts in the first quarter of 2018, beating the same period last year by 30%.

  • 03 Apr 2018

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