Derivs - Interest Rate

The European Securities and Markets Authority has appointed Robert Ophèle as acting chair of its central counterparty supervisory committee.

Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will return to the private sector in his first job since leaving the regulator.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started a consultation on how it should apply the Senior Managers Regime (SMR) to benchmark administrators.

Finbarr Hutcheson, president of ICE Clear Europe, will leave the company in March next year, as the exchange and clearing operator begins the search for his replacement.

After more than three years of negotiations, European Union ambassadors are aiming to approve, at a technical level, a CCP resolution deal on Wednesday, opening the way for final negotiations with the European Parliament.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published a consultation on revisions to the credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk framework.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has fined Goldman Sachs $1m over failures related to record keeping for swap dealers.

LCH's SwapClear has cleared $1tr of swaps referencing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) so far this year.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced that it will overhaul regulation governing derivatives used by investment firms and business development companies.

Angus Wink, who worked as CEO for the EMEA region at Tullett Prebon until 2016 has returned to interdealer broking at a former rival, Tradition.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered BGC Financial to pay a $3m civil monetary penalty over alleged supervision, reporting and record-keeping failings.

In an effort to please their bankers, US corporate treasurers have increasingly been using a mechanism called a risk participation agreement (RPA) as a way to divvy up swaps business to more parties, writes Ross Lancaster.