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End of the Waterfall
As regulators draft new standards for strengthening clearinghouse protections against a catastrophic default, customers are setting out their list of demands.
CONTINUE READINGSilicon Roundabout
Four examples of how technology vendors are bringing innovative solutions for financial services firms wrestling with cost pressures, legacy systems and new regulatory requirements.
CONTINUE READINGRisk Controls
Two leading international derivatives exchanges are planning to introduce a new type of risk control later this year to prevent a market participant from inadvertently trading with itself.
CONTINUE READINGFine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
CONTINUE READINGFine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
CONTINUE READINGDefault Waterfall
On April 23, Korea Exchange published a disclosure report on the implementation of the international standards contained in the CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructures.
CONTINUE READINGNew standards proposed for treasury market
The Treasury Market Practices Group, a group of market experts sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, released a consultative white paper on April 9 describing the growth of automated trading in the secondary market for Treasury securities as well as the benefits and risks associated with this trend.
CONTINUE READINGReporting Violations
On April 22, the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority announced that it fined Merrill Lynch International £13.2 million ($20.5 million) for incorrectly reporting more than 35 million transactions and failing to report another 121,387 transactions between November 2007 and November 2014.
CONTINUE READINGManaging Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity risks and testing are a major concern of regulators and market participants. Experts at a Commodity Futures Trading Commission roundtable discuss the testing underway as well as practices to recover from cyber attacks.
CONTINUE READINGGrain Markets
The corn might be high as an elephant’s eye, but what’s it selling for? Now there’s an app for that.
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