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CFTC position limits proposal focuses on 25 core commodities, defers to exchanges
Chairman Tarbert says "exception is as important as the rule"
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People News - December/January 2020
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Exchanges rush to roll out ESG futures
Institutional demand drives proliferation of new benchmarks
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ESG derivatives follow different paths amid strong investor demand
As interest grows, different indexes calculate environmental, social and governance criteria in different ways
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Broadridge teams with Singapore fintech to reduce trade reconciliation inefficiencies
Partnership with Tookitaki leverages machine learning to bring greater efficiency to the middle and back office
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Cboe sets sights on Europe's derivatives market with EuroCCP deal
Cboe Global Markets, one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, has agreed to acquire the 80% of EuroCCP that it does not own for about €36 million in a move that will help it to expand into the European equity derivatives trading and clearing space.
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CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee sets ambitious 2020 agenda
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting of its Market Risk Advisory Committee, a group of market participants and public policy experts that provides input into CFTC rulemaking. The committee, which operates under the leadership of Rostin Behnam, one of the five CFTC commissioners, discussed plans to develop policy recommendations in four areas: market structure, clearinghouse risk, the Libor transition, and climate change risk. In all four areas, the members of the advisory committee are working to deliver "actionable recommendations" to the CFTC by the end of 2020.
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McKay Brothers extends low-latency connectivity to Shanghai, Hong Kong
McKay Brothers International, a provider of low latency telecommunications between financial markets, is offering what it claims is the lowest known commercial latency between Tokyo and trading centers in Shanghai and Hong Kong as it seeks to cater to speed-conscious market participants in the region.
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BIS analysts say OTC interest rate derivatives markets becoming more exchange-like
Every three years the Bank for International Settlements releases a survey of over-the-counter derivatives markets. The survey is the most comprehensive source of information about the size and structure of these markets, and yields important insights into long-term trends in trading. In September the BIS released the data from its most recent survey, which was based on reports submitted by almost 1,300 dealers in 53 countries. That data showed a huge increase in the turnover of interest rate derivatives. Between April 2016 and April 2019, average daily turnover rose from $2.7 trillion to $6.5 trillion, an increase of 143%, an order of magnitude larger than in previous years.
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CFTC increases transparency, reopens comment on capital requirements for swap dealers
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission acted on Dec. 10 to reopen the comment period on a 2016 proposal regarding capital requirements for swap dealers. Two of the CFTC's five commissioners opposed the move, however, calling instead for a more thorough rulemaking process.
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