Derivatives
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Swaps Users Face Potential Margin Bill for Libor Transition
By Chris Davis
July 19, 2017, Risk
Amending existing Libor-linked derivatives contracts to reference a different benchmark could bring the trades into scope for the new non-cleared margin rules and …
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Why Banco Popular’s Credit Default Swaps Are Getting Messy
By Robert Smith
July 18, 2017, Financial Times
When E.U. authorities wiped out some of Banco Popular’s bonds last month, it looked as if credit default swaps might finally compensate …
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MiFID II Cost Disclosures Pose Risk to Liquidity, Warn Banks
By Chris Davis
July 18, 2017, Risk
Dealers have warned that Europe’s incoming cost disclosure requirements for over-the-counter derivatives trades will significantly increase trade latency and impact market liquidity for …
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Fears of Price Distortion Raised Over U.S. Treasuries Market
By Attracta Mooney
July 16, 2017, Financial Times
The U.S. Treasuries market is at risk of price distortions that could put investors in bonds and derivatives in danger of big …
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Hedge Funds See MiFID Win in E.U. Warning to Trading Platforms
By Silla Brush
July 17, 2017, Bloomberg Markets
Hedge funds and high-speed traders have been fighting for years to level the playing field with banks on derivatives trading. They just …
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Germany and France May Play for Euro Clearing
By Luke Jeffs
July 12, 2017, Global Investor Group
Germany and France have sought to take the initiative in the escalating row over the future of euro clearing by urging …
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The Global Legal Entity Identifier – Hurry Up, But Go Slowly
By Allan Grody, Financial InterGroup
Originally published on the TabbFORUM
Hurrying up to pass regulation and then figure out how to implement it has so far led to incremental and …
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Large Corporates Unconvinced by EMIR Reporting Gift
By Samuel Wilkes
July 6, 2017, Risk
A change to European derivatives reporting rules meant to ease the burden for corporates could end up increasing their costs, companies are warning, …
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MiFID II’s Traded on a Trading Venue Confusion Continues
By Lizzie Meager
July 5, 2017, International Financial Law Review
The European derivatives market remains uncertain about incoming transparency and reporting requirements under the region’s furthest-reaching piece of financial regulation …
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Easing the Rules? What you Need to Know About the Future of EMIR
By Bijal Shah, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
We examine the European Commission’s proposed reforms to EMIR and what asset managers can expect.
Four …
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