Nodal Exchange, LLC on Monday announced the successful transition of 100% of the positions in Nodal Exchange contracts from the previous clearing house, LCH.Clearnet Limited, to Nodal Clear, LLC. Nodal Clear now functions as the central counterparty for all Nodal Exchange transactions. Twelve clearing members have been involved in the transition, which moved about 340…
Read moreThe Singapore Exchange proposes introduction of Affiliate Segregation where collateral of an affiliate of an SGX Derivatives Clearing (SGX-DC) member is protected if the member defaults on its own contracts.
Read moreESMA Chair Steven Maijoor has inferred that it is unlikely that FX trades will be subject to clearing requirement as EMIR and MiFID II draw closer. The question as to whether Europe will impose institutional-style FX trade clearing and reporting measures on retail FX firms was indeed a matter for many FX firms to consider…
Read moreCME’s FX futures volumes made a favorable increase in March compared to February's results CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that March 2014 volume averaged 14.1 million contracts per day, up 13 percent compared with March 2013. Total volume for March 2014 was more than 295 million contracts, of…
Read moreFrench bank BNP Paribas dealing with ever changing regulatory environment BNP plans a separate derivatives clearing business, as part of its near term strategy to increase earnings at its fixed income business. BNP Paribas will shift its OTC client clearing and FX prime brokerage operations alongside its listed derivatives clearing business. The businesses had previously sat…
Read moreThe company aims to launch its new OTC derivatives offerings on the 3rd of March The European division of the CME Group, CME Clearing Europe has announced today that it received regulatory approval to launch Overnight Index Swaps, zero coupon swaps, Forward Rates Agreements, basis swaps and variable notional swaps. In addition the company is…
Read moreTop tier FX derivatives and CFD’s liquidity provider is already regulated by FCA and ACP The Commodity Futures Trading Commision has announced in a statement on Tuesday that it has granted a license to Banque Centrale de Compensation, part of LCH.Clearnet SA (LCH.C SA) a registration to handle derivatives transactions as a derivatives clearing organization…
Read moreBank Of Russia will introduce G-20 regulations regarding derivatives contracts in about 18 months. Starting today, the Moscow exchange has a central clearing mechanism for derivatives contracts, and there is wide speculation that it will become mandatory in 18 months. According to newly installed regulatory head Sergey Shvetsov, it will bring additional transparency to the…
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