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February 2014

   
'News' Bank withdrawal drives investors from corporates to CDS indexes | FT article 10 February 2014 | Jon Skinner

Banks' withdrawal from principal market making is in turn driving investors from corporate bonds to CDS indices to trade or hedge credits
   
'News' Consultation Report on Credit Rating Agencies | IOSCO 10 February 2014 | Ben Larah

In a press release (PDF) announced today, IOSCO announced their publication of a consultation report on the Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies (PDF).
   
'News' Clearing for IRDs Close to Complete | ISDA Research Note 07 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

A research paper from ISDA here (http://www2.isda.org/functional-areas/research/research-notes/) explains how much progress has been made in clearing Interest Rate produc
   
'News' Site Updates 07 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

Some updates to the site have taken place:
   
'News' New SwapsInfo Site from ISDA | More Charts Than You Can Handle 06 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

ISDA have built their own charting and analysis site using the data from the DTCC SDR, an example is below and there is a regular blog with analysis of the market.
   
'News' Where can I find the list of OTC products subject to the SEF trading mandate? 06 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

Over at the Swaps Report they have made it easy to figure out which products are mandated to be traded on a SEF in the US. At some point something similar may happen with OTFs in Europe.
   
'Jobs' Business Development Role | OpenGamma 05 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

OpenGamma is the only next-generation risk technology company in the industry.
   
'Articles' SEF offshore push confirmed | ISDA analysis 03 February 2014 | Jon Skinner

ISDA backed up December survey opinon with a January cleared transaction volumes analysis to show that CFTC's SEF rules already shifted D2D IRS volume offshore from the US.
   
'News' Credit Derivatives Definitions Pushed Back Until September | ISDA 03 February 2014 | Ben Larah

In a press release published today, ISDA announced that the release of the 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions will be pushed back until September 2014.
   
'Articles' A Guide to the EMIR Trade Reporting Obligations – Part 3 (the final countdown) 02 February 2014 | Maria Leontiou

I really can’t believe we are just a fortnight away from EMIR Reporting go-live date. It feels like time has flown since my last post on the 18th December on this very topic.
   
'News' Weekly CFTC OTC Market Report 02 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

If you weren't aware, the CFTC now publish aggregate data based on the trade data submissions on OTC products to the DTCC, ICE and CME SDRs on a weekly basis.
   
'News' Thomas Krantz Takes a Pop at Clearing in the FT | Is He Right? 01 February 2014 | Bill Hodgson

In the FT Thomas Krantz formerly secretary-general of the World Federation of Exchanges, lists many questions about the wisdom of moving the OTC market into clearing, but poses questions that

January 2014

   
'Articles' CCPs Revise Margin Models | Esma 30 January 2014 | Ben Larah

According to a Risk Magazine article (subscription required), some European CCPs are revising their margin models in order to comply with Esma regulations regarding the effects of procyclicality on margin requirements.
   
'News' A Consolidated Source of LEI Data from p-LEI.org | Wilmington Hits the Map 30 January 2014 | Bill Hodgson

The need for firms reporting derivatives to make use of a Legal Entity Identifier is driving the emergence of a federated network of national issuers.  The current list of issues includes:
   
'Articles' Models for Enterprise Regulatory Change | Part 3 30 January 2014 | Bill Hodgson

John Philpott has completed the third part of his series on the practical realities of achieving regulatory change in large complex organisations,

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'Events' Featured Event ISLA 23rd Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference | 2014 29 January 2014 | Bill Hodgson

ISLA's 23rd Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference
   
FCA CEO Martin Wheatley 'News' UK FCA levels the London vs. New York FX playing field | Risk article 28 January 2014 | Jon Skinner

According to this Risk article, it would seem that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has lined up with US regulators to give FX fowards (and presumably swaps) an exemption from EMIR reporting
   
'Articles' CDSIndex Product in SDRView Professional 27 January 2014 | Amir Khwaja

ClarusFT discuss data on CDS trading in their SDRView service.
   
'News' Reg reform bank impacts will take another 6 years | Barclays' CEO Jenkins at Davos 27 January 2014 | Jon Skinner

Reacting to re-regulation will take "until close to the end of this decade", says Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins at Davos as quoted in this article from the FT(subscription required).
   
'News' ASX OTC Clearing Dealer Support 27 January 2014 | Bill Hodgson

ASX announced support for its OTC clearing service from leading dealers, the news release is here. Banks include:

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