Derivs - Equity

Distributed ledger technology “is on the verge of creating a sea change in contract design, reporting and settlement”, Brian Quintenz, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said this week, as he was named sponsor of its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo's warning to Europe against taking “unilateral” action in changing rules tied to G-20 commitments made in 2009 is right. While there are concerns about the future regulatory relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, derivatives clearing is a global issue.

Tobam has hired Frédéric Jamet as head of trading and co-head of research. Mr Jamet will oversee equities, fixed income, forex and assets. He will be based in Paris but will manage teams on the continent and in Dublin.

Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo on Tuesday warned Europe against "unilateral change" of regulatory arrangements on the supervision of foreign central counterparties (CCPs), railing against "piecemeal and contradictory rulemaking".

The Electronic Debt Market Association (EDMA) has penned an open letter to European Securities and Markets Authority chairman Steven Maijoor raising concern that left as they are, MiFID II regulatory technical standards will push trading out of the European Union.

CBOE has announced that it will start offering index option trading on the 10 S&P select sector indices that comprise the S&P500 index constituents.

Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Christopher Giancarlo on Monday reemphasised his commitment to global regulators' mutual recognition of foreign clearing house (CCP) supervisory regimes, without forcing “identical implementation”.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on Thursday launched the newest iteration of its initial margin calculation model. The announcement was made a full year after the release of the original model in September 2016.

September’s expected busy calendar of equity-linked issues in Europe made further progress this week, when Qiagen and Capital Stage sold unusually structured bonds, both of which achieved strong books and priced within their ranges — with no sign of market congestion yet.

Lewis Kaden, a former vice chairman at Citi, has taken a position on the advisory board of Baton Systems, the fintech payments processing company.

Trump’s first Democrat pick for commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, was sworn in on Wednesday. He joins Brian Quintenz, who participated in the ceremony three weeks ago.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) on Wednesday announced a spate of changes to its senior management, all due to be enacted in October, including the replacement of veteran president of ICE Futures Europe David Peniket with Stuart Williams.