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Central counterparties should have last word on OTC clearing, says Futures and Options Association

Supervisors should not be able to force clearing houses to accept certain classes of OTC derivatives, says Futures and Options Association's chief executive Anthony Belchambers

Hedge Funds Review | 19 Jan 2012secure

Bringing the growth of regulation to a halt

UK Conservatives take CCPs to heart after split with EU over ECB policy on clearing houses

British prime minister David Cameron's demand for the UK to be exempt from an European Central Bank (ECB) policy on clearing houses helped to prompt December's split with the European Union.

Hedge Funds Review | 04 Jan 2012secure

Central counterparty capital rules could discourage client clearing, critics claim

Revised Basel rules provide little capital incentive for clearing members to clear trades on behalf of clients, say bankers. Exposures to clients would also have to be treated as a bilateral trade.

Hedge Funds Review | 09 Nov 2011secure

Prime brokers confirm options clearing on hold by US authorities

Foreign exchange clearing will be restricted to non-deliverable forwards as US authorities discuss if settlement risk can be properly managed for cleared FX options at FX Week Asia conference.

Hedge Funds Review | 19 Oct 2011secure

CME and Ice to launch repositories to rival DTCC

Banks have picked Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)to build a series of new derivatives repositories but overlooked rivals CME and Ice. Both say they intend to launch their own offerings....

Hedge Funds Review | 15 Aug 2011secure

Asian hedge funds eschew custody arrangements to safeguard assets

As emerging Asian hedge funds become more popular with investors outside the region, questions are being raised about the custody arrangements – or lack of them – which are causing some concern.

Hedge Funds Review | 08 Aug 2011secure

Forex options clearing complicated by guaranteed settlement requirements

International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco) guaranteed settlement requirements make foreign exchange options clearing more difficult, according to market participants.

Hedge Funds Review | 15 Jul 2011secure

Iosco proposes oversight principles for dark liquidity

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has released a consultation paper aimed at helping regulators to deal with issues surrounding dark liquidity.

Hedge Funds Review | 27 Oct 2010secure

DTCC and SWIFT find first participant for pilot corporate actions messaging programme

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co (BBH) is participating in an ISO 20022 corporate actions messaging pilot programme, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Swift.

Hedge Funds Review | 25 Oct 2010secure

Citadel executes first live trade on Omgeo’s CCP service

Citadel has become the first hedge fund company to clear a live trade on Omgeo and EuroCCP’s pan-European equities matching and central counterparty clearing (CCP) service.

Hedge Funds Review | 18 Oct 2010secure

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