Latest interest rate derivatives news

• How to fix a $512bn Libor problem

  

  There are more than $512bn worth of bonds that will need to switch to an alternative reference rate if global regulators execute plans to ditch the Libor benchmark by the end of 2021, Linklaters said on Wednesday. GlobalCapital asked the law firm what needs to happen for a successful switchover.

  • 11 Oct 2018

• ICE releases alt-Libor term rates tool

  

  The benchmarking arm of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) opened an online portal on Wednesday that gives market participants information on alternative risk-free rates designed to replace the Ibors, as well as forward-looking term rates based on the sterling overnight index average (Sonia).

  • 10 Oct 2018

• BoE's Brexit intervention is welcome

  

  Tuesday’s intervention by the Bank of England into the debate on the future of euro clearing is another welcome move from regulators. The debate has been too long dominated by political noisemaking.

  • 09 Oct 2018

• BoE, trade bodies pressure EU for derivatives deal

  

  The Bank of England, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and a number of other industry trade bodies from across Europe have piled pressure on the European Union to deal with the risks of a disorderly Brexit for derivatives contracts.

  • 09 Oct 2018

• Eurex loads up SIX index for Saron futures launch

  

  Eurex exchange has been licensed to use SIX’s Saron index as the underlying for three month futures contracts on the Swiss franc Libor replacement rate.

  • 08 Oct 2018

• ISDA grapples with default scenarios in smart derivatives framework

  

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has released a white paper on smart derivatives contracts, setting out a framework for how these could be built and function in scenarios such as defaults.

  • 04 Oct 2018

• European Parliament plots ‘no-action letter’

  

  The European Parliament’s influential economic affairs committee has published a draft report proposing to bring the ‘no-action letter’ to Europe, a move which has been on the finance industry’s wishlist for years.

  • 04 Oct 2018

• ESMA pushes for action as Brexit doomsday scenario looms

  

  Steven Maijoor, the head of pan-European securities regulator ESMA, on Wednesday called for European firms' continued access to UK clearing houses (CCPs) after Brexit, to address potentially massive disruption to markets.

  • 03 Oct 2018

• Ex-Nomura insurance banker joins Milliman

  

  Paul Fulcher, who previously worked in asset-liability management (ALM) structuring and insurance solutions at Nomura, has joined Milliman.

  • 03 Oct 2018

• CFTC's Giancarlo unveils cross-border vision

  

  The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday unveiled a much touted white paper on how the organisation's chairman, Christopher Giancarlo, would like to overhaul US oversight of foreign swaps markets.

  • 01 Oct 2018

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