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ISDA releases standardised set of definitions for digital asset derivatives

26 January 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

These definitions are designed to deliver an unambiguous contractual framework for digital asset derivatives under the ISDA Master Agreement, thereby delivering greater clarity for execution and settlement of digital asset derivatives contracts

OptionsDesk onboards ION’s XTP suite

26 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The suite, consisting of ION’s XTP Trading, XTP Clearing and XTP Cleared Derivatives solutions, will help to facilitate OptionsDesk’s growth plans

KDPW releases new OTC derivatives clearing system

23 December 2022 Poland
Reporter: SFT

This OTC clearing module offers new proprietary enhancements to clearing members, including trade compression, improved risk management functions and valuation procedures

LCH SwapClear extends eligibility to SWESTR and DESTR risk-free rates

14 December 2022 UK
Reporter: SFT

The clearing house indicates that these trades confirm its commitment to supporting benchmark transition in cleared and bilateral Nordic markets and the reform of interest-rate benchmarks worldwide

UK competition authority approves LSEG acquisition of Quantile

27 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has given the green light to London Stock Exchange Group’s proposed purchase of Quantile, which was first announced in December 2021 for an estimated £270 million

ISDA publishes recommendations for future of EU derivatives clearing

21 October 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

The trade association’s proposals aim to encourage a wider range of firms to clear derivatives transactions in Europe, to provide a competitive advantage for EU-based central counterparties, and to remove unnecessary barriers to clearing in Europe

Eurex expands FX futures offering to emerging markets

17 August 2022 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Eurex will begin to trade new FX futures contracts covering Brazilian Real (BRL), Mexican Pesos (MXN) and South African Rand (ZAR) on 10 October 2022

Indian and Singapore exchanges extend derivatives trading link through Connect platform

01 August 2022 India Singapore
Reporter: Bob Currie

The NSE ISFC-SGX Connect platform will route orders from Singapore Exchange trading members to NSE IFSC for execution, with post-trade handled through NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation and SGX Group’s Derivatives Clearing

Taiwan Futures Exchange launches OTC derivatives clearing

28 July 2022 Taiwan
Reporter: Bob Currie

TAIFEX has released a clearing facility for off-exchange derivatives, built largely in house, with 11 banks initially registered with the CCP as clearing members

OSTTRA releases service to digitise paper confirmations

15 July 2022 New York, London
Reporter: SFT

The paper digitisation service will launch this month for FX options and equity swaps and from September for fixed income options, commodity swaps and non-deliverable forwards

IM collected by Phase 1 firms against uncleared derivatives up 38% YoY, says BIS survey

13 June 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Data from the most recent BIS OTC derivatives survey finds that initial margin posted by firms to leading CCPs contracted 2.2% YoY to US$323.4 billion at year-end 2021

ISDA reports a 38% YoY rise in IM collected by Phase 1 firms

10 May 2022 Global
Reporter: SFT

Total initial margin collected by the 20 largest dealer firms rose to US$286 billion at the end of 2021, according to the latest ISDA Margin Survey, but IM posted to CCPs against IRD and CDS contracts dipped 2.2% YoY to US$323.4 billion

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