Derivs - Interest Rate
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GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the nominees for this year’s Americas Derivatives Awards.
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group on Wednesday said that it had seen record open interest for Eurodollar futures, at 14.5m contracts, partially attributing the move to hedging for potential Fed rate hikes.
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European Union member states in the process of thrashing out legislation on central counterparty clearing house (CCP) resolution procedures have put their negotiations on ice, as the project is contingent on a separate file that is still unresolved.
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Jason Manske, the chief hedging officer and head of global derivatives and liquid markets at insurance giant MetLife, has joined the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's board of directors.
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Options volumes were up 11% in exchanges around the world last year, while futures were down 6.6%, according to new data unveiled by the Futures Industry Association.
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The cost split of using the Derivatives Service Bureau has finally been released but some trading venues are still absent from its fee structure.
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In the latest Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse puts the Singapore Exchange's proposal on quarterly reporting by companies under the microscope.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has gone public with its concerns over the fees that trade repositories charge their clients and made recommendations for change.
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Two US senators have scolded the European Commission's efforts to unilaterally change agreed rules for the oversight of foreign clearing houses in the wake of Brexit, backing the toughening position of Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo.
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Chief executive of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Scott O’Malia on Monday said that the trade body was preparing French and Irish law governed ISDA master agreements to be “ready for all eventualities” in the wake of Brexit.
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A former interest rate derivatives trader at Royal Bank of Scotland, Neil Danziger, was fined £250,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority on Monday for allegedly trying to manipulate Libor.
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After much heated debate, the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), which generates international securities identification numbers for some over the counter derivatives, seems to have successfully navigated the first week of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive’s second coming.