Derivatives
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SEC’s Stein Sounds Alarm on Portfolio Margining
By Joanna Wright
October 17, 2018, Risk
Kara Stein, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, says an attempt to revive a 2012 proposal on security-based swap dealers may …
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BOE’s Cunliffe Expects E.U. Derivatives Action in Case of No-Deal Brexit
By Huw Jones
October 17, 2018, Reuters
The Bank of England’s deputy governor said on Wednesday he expected the European Union to take action to prevent derivatives market disruption in …
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Risk of No-Trade Lists as Banks Leave Brexit Plans Late
By Samuel Wilkes and Callum Tanner
October 16, 2018, Risk
A no-deal Brexit could sever trading relationships between London-based banks and their European clients, leading to no-trade lists after March …
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Banks Demand Clarity from E.U. on No-Deal Brexit
By Lucy McNulty
October 16, 2018, Financial News
The European Commission and E.U. regulators must urgently clarify how they intend to avoid “significant market disruption” if no agreement is reached …
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ISDA Steps Away from Credit Determinations Admin Role
By Costas Mourselas
October 15, 2018, GlobalCapital
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has moved away from its role as secretary of the special committees that rule on whether …
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Libor to Become Third-Country Benchmark Under No-Deal Brexit
By Natasha Rega-Jones
October 16, 2018, Risk
Libor would lose its authorised benchmark status in the European Union in a no-deal Brexit scenario, leaving nine months for the reference rate’s …
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ESMA Delegates “Burdensome” Third Country Assessments
By Louisa Chender
October 15, 2018, Global Investor Group
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) envisages a “significant administrative burden” due to a high number of assessments with respect …
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European Firms Mull Moving Financial Contracts as Brexit Looms
By Nina Trentmann
October 16, 2018, The Wall Street Journal
European companies could be forced to move financial instruments worth billions of euros as Britain prepares to leave the European …
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E.U.’s Further Intragroup Clearing Relief: Banks Want More
By Luke Clancy
October 15, 2018, Risk
Derivatives bankers across the European Union must have heaved a collective sigh of relief when the markets regulator said key exemptions from the …
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The $350 Trillion Problem: Too Big to Solve?
By Helen Bartholomew
October 15, 2018, Risk
Financial markets are sitting on a time bomb. In just over three years’ time, the rate that underpins $350 trillion of financial contracts …
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