Derivs - Regulation

Overall credit default swap notional reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 17% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows four weeks of a consistent uptick in CDS notional, with a combined increase of 102%.

Integrated asset management, private equity and hedge fund shop FinEx Group, has launched a commodities boutique that will provide hedging and risk management services via derivatives and structured products to commodity producers and consumers globally.

Overall credit default swap notional reported to swap data repositories last week increased marginally by 4% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows three weeks of a consistent uptick in CDS notional, with a combined increase of 98%.

The Foreign Exchange Benchmarks Group has recommended the fixing window used to calculate FX rates should be widened from its current width of one minute, following its review of major FX benchmarks on the back of allegations that FX fixing rates were being manipulated.

Overall credit default swap notional reported to swap data repositories last week increased marginally by 4% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows three weeks of a consistent uptick in CDS notional, with a combined increase of 98%.

TriOptima has completed the largest energy portfolio compression cycle to date, eliminating a notional outstanding value of $12.1bn.

Central counterparty clearing houses should have more "skin in the game" to keep them from liquidation, according to panellists debating CCP risk at the 35th annual Bürgenstock forum for global derivatives markets in Geneva on Wednesday.

A senior officer from the European Securities and Markets Authority warned on Thursday that submitting data to trade repositories is not enough to fulfil the legal obligation to report derivatives transactions in Europe, and that market participants must take steps to ensure the pairing and matching of trade data they file.

Some smaller dealers in Canada are grappling with the operational build out in order to comply with the Canadian over-the-counter derivatives reporting requirements set to begin on October 31.

Overall credit default swap notional reported to swap data repositories last week increased 34% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This follows two weeks of a consistent uptick in CDS notional, with a combined increase of 64%. Overall interest rate derivatives that was reported, only increased by 5%.

The European Commission is considering a six month extension to relief for central counterparty clearing houses not yet registered for clearing.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said on September 19 that it was introducing FX futures contracts for Chinese onshore and offshore renminbi, Japanese Yen and Thai Baht, starting from October 20. The exchange also said Bank of China (BOC) would be the first market maker for its RMB futures and SGX’s first Chinese settlement bank for its derivatives market.