Swap data repository (SDR)
LEI debate focuses on governance issues
The LEI vision
Trade repositories consider connectivity options
With multiple trade repositories appearing in a number of asset classes, including foreign exchange, market participants are considering how competing repositories should collaborate to avoid data inconsistency
Gensler defends new CFTC block trade proposals
Revamped rules were not designed to mirror scope of old exemptions, CFTC chair tells FIA conference
Lack of clarity over buy-side derivatives reporting responsibilities
New derivatives regulation will require all derivatives trades to be reported to trade repositories – but some confusion exists over who has the responsibility to report
CFTC: largest 6% of CDS and rates trades to get block exemptions
Hundreds of OTC product types would receive different reporting and trading thresholds under new CFTC proposals - but there is no exemption for equity derivatives
Exemption for forex swaps and forwards should hold, says GFMA’s Kemp
James Kemp, managing director of the global foreign exchange division, talks to FX Week about the biggest regulatory challenges of 2012
CFTC "got it wrong" on block trade threshold rule
Large swap definition to be re-proposed following industry backlash
HK OTC rules add to cross-border concerns
The Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Monetary Authority released a joint consultation on their plans to overhaul OTC derivatives regulation in October. But how will the rules fit with the patchwork of legislation drawn up elsewhere? And…
Forex repository aiming for mid-2012 launch, says DTCC
Following the launch of the interest rate derivatives trade repository last week, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation confirms foreign exchange and commodities are the next priority
Energy Risk Asia: Dodd-Frank could hit Asian energy firms hard
Panellists at the Energy Risk Asia conference voice concerns over the extraterritorial implications of the Dodd-Frank Act
A trust deficit: why regulators need to rely on each other
Trust, but verify
Major disagreement over commodity trade repositories
Multiple plans to open trade repositories fuel concerns
Obstacles facing dealers' dream of a global OTC data repository
The database race
CFTC repository rule won't save regulators from data leak bills, say European supervisors
The CFTC's attempt to protect non-US regulators from an indemnity clause in the Dodd-Frank Act will fail, European regulators fear
CME, Ice to launch repositories rivalling the DTCC
Banks have picked the DTCC to build a series of new derivatives repositories, but overlooked rivals CME and Ice vow to fight on
Energy experts eye Dodd-Frank tech benefits
Data reporting systems may be far from Dodd-Frank friendly in the energy sector, but experts say users are likely to benefit once they are up and running
DTCC and Swift eye FX trade repository
New York-based group set to develop trade repository for every other OTC asset class and has pitched for foreign exchange in partnership with Swift
CFTC rule-making narrows field in repository race
CLS decides not to pitch to become a foreign exchange repository provider after CFTC rule-making demands extra granularity and timeliness in data reporting