Gordon McDermid: JP Morgan concludes on the uneconomic nature of client clearing in the current regulatory envrionment and warns of potential consequences 

If you have read my previous articles on Tabb Forum, you will know that I believe the all-important swaps reporting requirement has been badly mishandled by the regulators worldwide, missing a golden opportunity to shed some light on this otherwis

Over the last few months the topic of conduct risk, behavioural risk and general management concern around how to demonstrate to the regulators that a given business is behaving correctly, has come up again and again. As the conversations have focused in on areas of concern, the topic of “last look” and how price makers are managing the risk of e-distribution of prices is attracting attention. This round table was set up specifically to tease out the background to this methodology, the current implementations, some potential issues such as they are; and any potential remedial approaches.

For the second year in a row, President Obama is requesting a massive increase in funding for the CFTC. In his 2016 budget blueprint, the president seeks $322 million for the CFTC, a 29% increase from this year’s $250 million. The budget plan must still pass Congress, which will hold hearings soon. I doubt, however, that the entire amount will be approved.

In a recent ISDA survey of derivatives users, the introduction of margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives was h