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Preparing for Failure
The Financial Stability Board is making progress toward its goal of establishing global standards for resolving clearinghouses that have passed the point of recovery.
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Blockchain Gang
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation in January selected IBM, Axoni, and R3 to build a distributed ledger to handle certain post-trade processing functions for credit derivatives.
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Market Surveillance
The U.S. equity markets have moved a step closer to establishing a consolidated audit trail for equities and equity options that will track all orders throughout their lifecycle, addressing a major weakness in the ability of regulators to monitor these markets.
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FCM Capital
On Jan. 26, the CFTC's division of swap dealer and intermediary oversight issued a no-action letter enabling futures commission merchants to withdraw excess residual interest in cleared swaps customer accounts under certain conditions.
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Dodd-Frank Revamp
On Feb. 3, President Trump issued an executive order outlining seven core principles for financial market oversight and calling on regulators to review existing laws and regulations to determine if they promote these principles.
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2016 Annual Volume Survey
Global futures and options volume rose to a record level in 2016, but beneath the headline number there was considerable variation.
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Taifex Set for Asian Competition with Intensified International Participation
New products, international certifications and increased educational efforts are set to drive growth on the Taiwan Futures Exchange, one of the top ten largest derivatives exchanges in Asia-Pacific.
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Countdown to April
Canada is set to implement mandatory clearing for interest rate swaps and certain other OTC derivatives in April, following the finalization of two sets of rules on Jan. 19 that spell out what instruments and which entities are subject to the new requirements and strengthen the protections around customer positions and assets.
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Real-Time Analytics
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers, France's market regulator, announced in January that it is launching an effort to modernize its system for monitoring market activity and enhance its ability to detect, analyze and investigate suspicious activity.
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Capital efficiency
The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation, the clearinghouse owned by the Japan Exchange, has extended the availability of its cross-margining service to customers.
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