Derivs - Equity

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published the outcome of its analysis and follow up actions on central clearing counterparties' membership criteria and due diligence in the wake of the 2018 default at Nasdaq Clearing.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the nominees for this year’s Americas Derivatives awards.

LCH shrugged off worries about its place in euro clearing after Brexit to notch up record clearing volumes across its clearing houses in 2019.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has appointed Su Yen Chia as its new head of Asia Pacific public policy.

The US commodities members of the Futures Industry Association have called on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to overhaul regulation to address operational challenges on swaps margin management.

Singapore-based Orient Futures International has become the latest trading and clearing member of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) derivatives market.

Five trade bodies have drawn up a single template for Securities Financing Transactions Regulation and European Market Infrastructure Regulation.

Trading in Eurex’s environmental social government-themed (ESG) derivatives has reached half a million contracts, with a nominal value of €7bn being reached in December.

The way that financial and economic news is reported is a better guide to variance in global equity returns than VIX, the CBOE Volatility Index, according to research by the International Monetary Fund.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued no action relief for market participants’ transition from swaps referencing Libor to alternative reference rates.

Northern Trust and AcadiaSoft are collaborating on a collateral management service for over-the-counter derivatives trading.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on the rules surrounding penalties for third-country central counterparties (TC-CCPs), trade repositories (TRs) and credit rating agencies (CRAs).