Latest interest rate derivatives news

• FCA head urges against complacency on Ibor transition

  

  The deadline for derivatives and debt market participants to move their financial instruments from an Ibor reference rate to an alternative is approaching but there are still fears in the industries of complacency about the migration.

  • 19 Sep 2019

• Industry welcomes FDIC’s margin relief

  

  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has proposed to ease derivatives rules for US banks, including swap margin requirements.

  • 18 Sep 2019

• CFTC Democrats reject Volcker revisions that go 'for the throat'

  

  The Democrat side of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has come out swinging against agreed changes to the Volcker rule.

  • 17 Sep 2019

• CFTC fines Tullett Prebon $13m for rates desk supervision

  

  The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered Tullett Prebon Americas to pay a total of $13m in relation to alleged supervisory failures and making false or misleading statements.

  • 16 Sep 2019

• Life after CFTC: Giancarlo joins exchange board

  

  Christopher Giancarlo is joining the board of the American Financial Exchange, an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing between US financial institutions.

  • 10 Sep 2019

• Eurex ramps up clearing bid with fee waiver

  

  Eurex Clearing announced on Monday that it will waive booking fees for OTC interest rate derivatives portfolio switches from LCH until the end of 2019.

  • 09 Sep 2019

• TP ICAP hires ex-regulator Zaidi

  

  TP ICAP has named Amir Zaidi, a respected former senior figure at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as its global head of compliance.

  • 03 Sep 2019

• FSB appoints Himino as committee chair

  

  The Financial Stability Board has appointed Ryozo Himino as chair of its standing committee on supervisory and regulatory cooperation.

  • 03 Sep 2019

• Mizuho joins LCH Parisian repo arm

  

  Mizuho Securities has become the first Japanese clearing member to access LCH SA’s euro debt clearing services as a member of RepoClear.

  • 02 Sep 2019

• Buy-siders reject CCP auction proposals in IOSCO soundings

  

  Buy and sell-side firms have rejected suggestions that they should have to post additional margin or participate in default funds in the aftermath of last year’s default at Nasdaq clearing.

  • 29 Aug 2019

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