By Charles BatchelorPublished: April 11 2010 FTProposals being worked on in the US and Europe to require foreign exchange derivative trades to be processed by a clearing house have prompted fear and alarm among banks and companies. "Our people have been gripped by this issue," says an official at one London bank.
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By Matt CameronPublished: February 12 2010 Risk MagazineDerivatives dealers should not be allowed to own stakes in central counterparties (CCPs) or their risk management systems - and CCPs should not be allowed to compete with each other, according to advice from the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
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Published: February 4 2010 FinextraThe majority of financial institutions and corporations around the world agree that moving OTC derivatives trading to a system of centralised clearing would help manage risk but many market participants still harbour serious concerns about the prospect, according to a survey from Greenwich Associates.
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By Aline Van Duyn and Jeremy GrantPublished: January 15 2010 FT In the months that followed the near-implosion of financial markets, regulators scrambled to figure out how to rein in the vast over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets that were seen as central to the crisis.
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By Adam BradberyPublished: January 13 2010 WSJEuropean derivatives exchanges, clearing houses and dealers have set up a lobby group to represent their interests at a time when European policy-makers are drawing up rules set to change the face of trading in this market.
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By John GapperPublished: September 30 2009 Financial Times"We must not let daylight in upon the magic," Walter Bagehot warned about the British monarchy. For the world of derivatives, however, more daylight is essential.
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