Derivs - Interest Rate

CME Group has reported a strong set of third quarter results, with double digit growth in the trading of rates, equity and commodity products.

Euroclear Finland will join European securities settlement platform TARGET2-Securities in 2022, in time to also lock into the European Collateral Management System.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is setting up a new subcommittee in a bid to resolve concerns around margin requirements for non-cleared swaps.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp has appointed Lynn Bishop as its chief information officer.

A group of the world’s biggest buy-side and sell-side firms issued a collective call to action on Thursday, calling on regulators to make clearing houses (CCPs) more resilient and improve the way the market deals with their failures.

BGC Partners has reported a third-quarter loss amid rising expenses, higher investment and currency headwinds.

Eurex Clearing has cleared its first cross-currency swap transactions, with JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley the first counterparties to use its OTC FX clearing service.

Deutsche Börse has appointed Marcel Naas and Marcus Addison to drive its new Buy-in Agent Service, a move that will see Matthias Graulich take on management of Eurex Repo.

Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse and asset manager MEAG have made further progress in adopting blockchain technology in post-trade services.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has flagged a lack of consensus among market participants on how to tackle pre-cessation issues for interbank offered rates, while calling on regulators to provide more clarity.

LCH has become the first CCP to offer clearing of swaps benchmarked to the new European Central Bank euro short-term reference rate, €STR.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has called for improvement in national regulators’ supervision of derivatives data.