The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Markit, a London-based provider of financial information services, report the launch of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) clearing classification tool on ISDA Amend, the ISDA and Markit online service that facilitates compliance with “certain EMIR and other regulatory requirements.” Specifically, the tool “enables derivatives users to… Read More >>
NFA VP: Untangling Regulatory Overlap Could Take a Decade
It’s a mix of good and bad news for firms in the derivatives markets struggling to comply with overlapping demands made by multiple regulators. The good news is that regulators are aware of the problem, and are working to fix it. The bad news, according to Jamila Piracci, vice president of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives for… Read More >>
Swaps Reporting May Ease for Some
The CFTC has approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that could ease swaps reporting requirements for some counterparties, officials say. The proposed rule would reduce reporting and record-keeping requirements for “trade option counterparties that are neither swap dealers nor major swap participants (Non-SD/MSPs), including commercial end-users that transact in trade options in connection with… Read More >>
OptionsCity Taps Eze Software for New Sales VP
Electronic trading vendor OptionsCity Software has hired Dan Rooney as its new vice president of global sales, officials say. Before joining OptionsCity, Rooney was the managing director of sell-side sales at Eze Software, officials say. Before that position, he was the CEO of RealTick EMS, a hosted solution for financial applications. He oversaw RealTick’s expansion… Read More >>
Veteran Grains Broker Joins RJO UK
R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the venerable futures brokerage and clearing firm founded in 1914 and based in Chicago, reports that veteran institutional grains broker Richard Mayhew has joined its affiliate R.J. O’Brien (UK) Ltd. as senior vice president, head of grains and oilseeds, EMEA. “With more than 35 years of experience in grains in… Read More >>
Torstone Module Targets International Trade Flow
Torstone Technology released in time for the Sifma Ops 2015 conference “a lightweight instance” of its flagship post-trade securities and derivatives processing system, Inferno, that can be used as a complementary add-on for managing international transactions, says Jonny Speers, global head for sales and business development for the back-office systems vendor. The Inferno system supports… Read More >>
ICAP and BATS Partner for EFP Clearing
The BATS Chi-X Europe stock exchange has partnered with interdealer broker ICAP to combine several services that will soon enable market participants to trade fully cleared equity index exchange for physical (EFP) transactions anonymously, officials say. An EFP involves the simultaneous exchange between two parties of a futures position for a position in the underlying… Read More >>
ISDA Pushes for Centralized Trading Rules
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a “set of principles aimed at promoting regulatory consistency in the development and application of centralized trading rules for derivatives,” according to a company statement, the latest step in the industry group’s efforts to get regulators and firms on the same page when it comes to… Read More >>
ISDA Fills Out Determinations Committees
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has announced the members of its five regional Determinations Committees (DCs), which comprise the global decision-making structure around events in the credit default swap (CDS) industry, according to ISDA. “The DC process was set up as part of a series of measures to make the credit derivatives market… Read More >>
Uncleared Swaps Get a Reprieve on Margin Requirements
When regulators recently extended the deadline for the margin requirements on uncleared swaps from Dec. 1, 2015 to Sept. 1, 2016, they gave firms some breathing room, but also sent the clear message that the rules aren’t going away. Firms active in the swaps markets are breathing a sigh of relief, but that shift should… Read More >>
