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Bismarck said politics was the art of the possible. Holders of sovereign bonds issued by eurozone peripherals will be hoping this aphorism applies to Italy's incoming government.

Proponents of the ISDA Common Domain Model say that if properly implemented, it could generate major cost savings for financial institutions. But what is it, what prompted its creation and how could it work with distributed ledger technology?

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday issued a no-action letter that will allow non-US counterparties to not account for swaps with certain international financial institutions when determining whether or not they are swap dealers.

Three big hitters from the exchange, index creation and asset management worlds have collaborated to launch futures contracts referencing indices for the US corporate bond markets.

In a document recently circulated at EU level, Paris labelled the MiFID II equivalence regime “inappropriate”, and called for a tighter procedure — a clear move to limit UK funds’ access to EU markets after Brexit.

GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the winners for this year’s Americas Derivatives Awards. The results were announced at a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York on Thursday. The awards honour the firms and innovations that have pushed the derivatives market forward over the last 12 months.

GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the winners for this year’s Americas Derivatives Awards. The results were announced at a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York on Thursday. The awards honour the firms and innovations that have pushed the derivatives market forward over the last 12 months.

Derivatives market participants gathered at the Metropolitan Club in New York on Thursday to celebrate the winners of this year’s GlobalCapital Americas Derivatives Awards.

Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Christopher Giancarlo’s whitepaper on the US swaps market seems to have struck a note to please most corners of the swap execution facility (SEF) sector.

Signal Capital Partners, the fund started by a trio of bankers from Deutsche Bank's structured finance and distressed debt businesses, has hired a chief strategist.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions on Thursday scolded central counterparties for not doing enough to implement policies to ensure their stability.

Five years on from the swap execution facility (SEF) revolution hitting the US, an ‘upgrade’ — as the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has described it — is overdue.