Derivs - Regulation

Banks looking to cut their Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) are turning to compression techniques in ever larger volumes to ratchet down the individual numbers of swap trades on their books as well as the overall notional amount they have outstanding.

Buyside firms have used the latest trade reporting deadline under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation as an opportunity to adopt a more strategic approach to reporting requirements, including the implementation of controls to maintain consistent data submissions.

Derivatives volume pertaining to trades between reporting dealers is critical for market liquidity and the facilitation of client trades as it allows end users to put on risk-reducing and cost-effective hedges, according to a research study from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

Chinese corporates have rushed to take advantage of a recent change to regulations governing their use of currency derivatives, with domestic and international banks lining up to announce deals for clients under the new rules. This new liberalisation, which took effect on August 1, is a big step in the development of China’s FX market, bankers have told GlobalRMB.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has launched an information repository for central clearing requirements for over-the-counter derivatives, providing both regulators and market participants with a one-stop shop for consolidated information on the clearing requirements of different jurisdictions.

Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 52% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. This was a significant increase following a sharp decrease of 30% reported in the previous week. Overall interest rates derivatives trading that was reported, however, declined by 23%.

ICE Benchmark Administration has assumed the role of administrator for ISDAFIX, the benchmark for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual swap rate.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has resolved that a failure to pay credit event occurred in respect to Argentina.

Deutsche Bank has executed the first series of renminbi option trades for Mengniu Dairy, as well as other Chinese corporates based onshore, under new regulation from China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange, which became effective today.

Overall credit default swaps notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week dropped by 30% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Overall interest rate derivatives trading that was reported, however, climbed by 19%.

When Scott O’Malia, commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington DC, takes up his new role as chief executive officer of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, derivative trade data will be top of the agenda. Though swap data reporting has been running for two years in the US, there is still no automated way to crunch the data — a problem on both sides of the regulatory fence which O'Malia has been trying to solve for years at the CFTC.

Overall interest rate trading that was reported to swap data repositories last week dropped by 15% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Overall credit default swaps notional that was reported, however, climbed by 2%.