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Buy Side Participation for ICE Trust to be Enabled in October
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and OTC markets, has developed a solution that provides segregation of customer funds and positions in credit default swap (CDS) clearing. The solution, which will enable buy side participation in CDS clearing, is expected to be introduced in October 2009, subject to regulatory approval….
DTCC’s Donahue Champions Single Trade Repository for OTC Derivatives
Donald Donahue, chairman and CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), today stressed that a single trade repository for OTC derivatives contracts is essential to mitigating risk and enhancing transparency in the market. Donahue made his remarks as part of his keynote address at a US Chamber of Commerce discussion titled “Modernising Derivatives…
Icap and Fincad Team up for Fair Value Insight Solution
Icap and Fincad have launched a new solution to address the growing need for increased transparency and independent valuations allowing better liquidity, counterparty and operational risk management. Fair Value Insight is a secure web-based derivatives valuation solution built on Fincad’s industry standard analytics and Icap’s market data. The solution enables corporate treasuries, banks, asset management…
Data Management, Regulation and Risk Top the Agenda at Investit Conference
At a recent industry conference hosted by Investit, an investment management consultancy, senior investment management executives and third party administrators placed data management, market and counterparty risk, client reporting and regulatory issues at the top of their agenda. Cost cutting also remained a main concern but the overall mood was one of optimism compared to…
Majority of CDS Products Will Never be Centrally Cleared, Says Tabb Group
In new research published today, Tabb Group says the majority of credit default swaps (CDS) products blamed for adding significant systemic risk to the global financial markets will never be centrally cleared in the United States and Europe. According to the report’s authors, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO, and Robert Iati, partner, global head of…
ICE and CME Group Speak Out About Implications of CCPs for Derivatives Markets
Following the concerns raised by Craig Donohue, chief executive of CME Group, last month about the dangers of forcing all derivatives to be cleared electronically, CME and rival IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) have this week released a 150 page report on the subject. The report details the legislative and regulatory action that may be needed in order…
Interactive Data Adds Kilburn, Simone and Swanson to its Board
Interactive Data Corporation has added Donald Kilburn, Victor Simone and Luke Swanson to its board of directors. Simone has also been appointed to the board’s audit and independent committees. These appointments bring the total number of directors actively serving on the board to 10, including five directors affiliated with Pearson plc, Interactive Data’s majority shareholder….
European Commission Bent on Post-trade Infrastructure Revamp for Derivatives
The European Commission has released its proposals for a revamp of the derivatives market in a bid to reduce counterparty risk and improve the transparency of these traditionally opaque instruments. A central tenet of the recommendations, similar to that of the recently proposed US regulatory framework for derivatives, is the introduction of central clearing counterparties…
DTCC Talk up Improvements to Corporate Actions Validation Service, XBRL Initiative
The recent uptick in the corporate actions world has not gone unnoticed by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and its Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS) subsidiary is keen to steal a march on its rivals. Caroline O’Shaughnessy, vice president and global head of sales for Data Solutions, Asset Services, and Stuart…
CFTC and SEC Divvy up Derivatives Pie, CME’s Donohue Expresses Concern About Illiquid Derivatives
Following a brief hiatus, the turf war is back on between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Just how the two regulators will divide up the oversight of the derivatives market is currently being debated across the industry and could have wide ramifications for those involved in the…