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FT article: BBG threatens to sue CFTC
FT article: BBG threatens to sue CFTC (subs required) Bloomberg has taken the first step towards suing CFTC over what they see as an un-level playing field in margin holding periods and block sizes...
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Putting Things Into Perspective | Swaps vs. Swap-Futures
It looks as though some market participants could do with a couple of words of advice from Harry Enfield’s Scousers: “Calm Down!” The Initial Margin (IM) calculation differences between swaps and...
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Bloomberg sues CFTC over derivatives rules – FT.com
What’s the difference if you take interest risk wrapped in a bond, a swap or a a future? BBG starts the process of exploring the sense in the CFTC deciding what’s liquid in a default, and therefore how...
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Daniel L. Doctoroff: Where’s the Futures Trade Repository? | CEO of BBG
Check the story via the link, the CEO and President of Bloomberg sets out his stall to precede the court action on margin requirements for Deliverable Swap Futures. Congress mandated that swap...
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SEF Applicants under the CFTC Rules
I keep seeing news stories on firms applying to be a SEF, here’s the one’s I’ve seen, send in any others and I’ll add them. State Street SwapEx Announcement (they also own http://www.swapex.com but...
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Can you Calculate Your Initial Margin and Capital Within Your Swap Execution...
Bloomberg have integrated the Initial Margin calculations from SwapClear into their trading platform. What this provides is: The ability to always know your current IM The ability to predict IM in...
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Clearstream and Bloomberg partner on tri-party repo processing
The new regulatory framework has opened up many new windows of opportunity for market opportunities such as this partnership story. Especially as Collateral Optimization has moved center stage, get...
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SEFs: A Brief History of Time (One day to go)
WE’RE NEARLY THERE The October 2nd SEF date is nearly upon us. It appears the world of SEFs are going live with only a couple CFTC reliefs being granted for trade reporting (no relief for IRS and...
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Gensler hints that SDR data not effectively processed | FX Bloomberg FX13...
CFTC Chairman Gensler gives quite a broad synopsis of what’s been achieved and what still needs to be done in this Bloomberg conference interview. His synopsis lauded improvements in transparency and...
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First SEF MAC swap | Bloomberg
Bloomberg is reporting the first MAC IRS traded on a SEF in this article. Direct competition with swapfutures It will be interesting to see whether these take off or whether on the run spot starting...
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Weekly Roundup | Trading & Post-Trade Processing | 16 December 2013
Trading Derivatives Markets Rebound in 2014 The derivatives market has seen an upturn across the board this year and participants can expect even better fortunes in 2014, according to a panel at FOW’s...
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