Margin calls for bitcoin futures pose systemic threat
AIG failed in 2008, because the value it placed upon the mortgages underpinning the credit default swaps it had sold to Goldman Sachs was...
ASX loses AUS$250 million on failed blockchain settlement project
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has pulled its project to replace its existing settlement system, CHESS, with a blockchain-based settlement system.
The project, which has...
Federal Reserve group issues credit risk warning over US Treasuries trading
By Pia Hecher.
The Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), which discusses issues in the US government bond market, has said that firms are...
PBoC & HKMA: No investment quota for northbound Bond Connect trade
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have given their approval to the local market infrastructure providers to...
Intesa Sanpaolo joins ICE Clear Credit, expanding European participation
Intesa Sanpaolo has become a clearing participant at ICE Clear Credit, the clearinghouse for credit default swaps.
“The addition of Intesa Sanpaolo to the...
Carney condemns fragmentation of CCPs
By Flora McFarlane.
In his annual Mansion House speech on 20 June, Mark Carney argued against breaking up trading infrastructure, after the recent European Commission’s...
Bank of England: Basel III regulation hurts repo for smaller asset managers
By Shobha Prabhu Naik.
A working paper written by Antonis Kotidis and Neeltje van Horen, staff for the Bank of England, has identified that the...
Euro swaps clearing: hope for the best, prepare for the worst
By Joel Clark.
As the UK’s exit from the European Union edges closer, concern over the vexed question of clearing of euro-denominated swaps has intensified,...
Eurex expands FX Futures offering to emerging markets currencies
Eurex will start trading new FX Futures contracts covering Brazilian Real (BRL), Mexican Pesos (MXN) and South African Rand (ZAR) on 10 October 2022....
CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe to close by year end
CME Group is to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. The announcement follows Nasdaq...
