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  • How European debt risks are changing derivatives 19 August 2010

    Every week, another alarm about European sovereign and banking risk. Derivatives are central to managing risks. Elise Coroneos asks whether the derivatives market is fit for the task.

  • Bartzos becomes ELX supervisory chairman 09 August 2010

    Catherine Bartzos, a managing director at JP Morgan, has become chairman of the supervisory board of ELX Futures, the new US interest rate futures exchange owned by banks and trading firms.

  • LCH gives US clients FCM clearing for swaps 09 August 2010

    LCH.Clearnet is to offer US clients access to its SwapClear interest rate swap clearing service via a futures commission merchant model by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval.

  • Nasdaq OMX starts clearing Swedish swaps 09 August 2010

    Nasdaq OMX Nordic announced on June 22 it had begun clearing interest rate swaps in Swedish kronor.

Currency

  • How European debt risks are changing derivatives 19 August 2010

    Every week, another alarm about European sovereign and banking risk. Derivatives are central to managing risks. Elise Coroneos asks whether the derivatives market is fit for the task.

  • CFTC rejects OCC’s FX proposal 09 August 2010

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has rejected a rule amendment proposed by the Options Clearing Corporation.

  • CME plans FX basket futures 09 August 2010

    CME Group’s acquisition of Dow Jones’ index business has already borne fruit, with a plan to launch futures on the new Dow Jones CME Dollar Index in the third quarter of this year.

  • OIS on the rise in swap market, but not yet in futures 09 August 2010

    LCH.Clearnet, the Anglo-French clearing house, is to begin using overnight index swap (OIS) rate curves to discount its $218tr interest rate swap portfolio.

Credit

Energy

  • Oil gains may be short-lived, analysts warn 28 July 2010

    Crude oil has been unable to break forcefully above $80, despite a rally in recent weeks, and could fall back this week towards $77 for WTI, according to research published by the DGCX.

  • WMBA and LEBA call for interoperability and choice in clearing 20 July 2010

    The enlarged role for clearing houses likely to be included in planned EU legislation on derivatives could lead to conflicts of interest, two London trade associations have warned the European Commission.

  • What shall we do with a drunken trader, early in the morning? 01 July 2010

    The UK Financial Services Authority has fined and banned PVM Oil Futures’ rogue trader Steve Perkins, nearly a year to the day after his late night alcohol-fuelled trading caused a brief spike in the price of Brent crude oil.

  • iPhone trading: Battle of the apps 30 June 2010

    DAS Trader – which its maker claims is the fastest software for the US stockmarket – has released new trading apps for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. But as Tom Osborn discovers, it faces a crowded field of competitors.

Metals

Agriculture

Exotic

  • UBS’ McCormick dies in an accident 06 August 2010

    We are sorry to report that UBS’s co-head of Asian equity derivatives trading, Neil McCormick, died in an accident in London in early June. We offer our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

  • Dodd-Frank is here – certainty is years away 16 July 2010

    The US Senate opened a new chapter in financial markets history yesterday afternoon by passing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by 60 votes to 39.

  • Editorial: How the West was saved 15 July 2010

    It’s lucky the cavalry happened to be passing. Deputies O’Malia and Dunn were sound asleep when Cantor and Veriana’s Knockabout Hollywood Carnival rolled into town and tried to pitch its tents in the main square.

  • Volcker-lite and Lincoln-lite: Chinese walls or Swiss cheese? 02 July 2010

    The Dodd-Frank Act still includes watered-down versions of the Volcker Rule and the Lincoln Amendment, both of which seek to limit deposit-taking banks’ engagement in riskier activities, often involving derivatives.

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Will the Dodd-Frank Act harm exchange-traded derivatives markets?

Yes
8%
No
77%
It's not clear
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