Derivs - FX

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has granted the status of qualified central counterparty (QCCP) to International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) and NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation.

Market infrastructure operator Traiana has struck a deal to provide direct central clearing connectivity to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), focusing on FX.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has issued a new set of guidelines for central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) in the wake of September’s default at Nasdaq Clearing.

GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the nominees for its 2019 Americas Derivatives awards.

Derivatives and fintech specialist lawyer Matthew Kluchenek has joined US law firm Mayer Brown as partner at its capital markets practice, based at the firm’s Chicago headquarters.

Specialist proprietary trading firms are readying to spend the first quarter in intensive lobbying after the European Council laid out its stance on investment firm regulation this week.

Banks providing specialist derivatives that help private equity firms and companies hedge merger and acquisition and project finance risk enjoyed increasing demand for their products in 2018. But that boost in business flow means that the market has begun this year as an arena of intense competition between banks.

Banks providing specialist derivatives that help private equity firms and companies hedge merger and acquisition and project finance risk have enjoyed a year of increasing demand for their products. But this has been matched by intensifying competition between banks.

Vice-chairman of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Larry Thompson has retired after 37 years working at the firm.

Nearly six years ago to the day the European Commission adopted the technical standards for the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) that, among other things, mandated the reporting of derivatives contracts to trade repositories.

The European Commission has finally confirmed that it will grant temporary equivalence to UK central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) and central securities depositories (CSDs) in the event of a no deal Brexit.

US swaps participants are emerging from a month of analysing proposed reforms of swap execution facilities (SEFs), with old fault lines opening up between institutions over how they think the rules will change the market landscape.