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One rule imposed by Dodd Frank that presents an opportunity for dealers is the “embargo” rule, otherwise known as the law requiring real-time public reporting of all swaps transactions and pricing data, which was created to provide better liquidity in the OTC market. This rule offers somewhat of an olive branch to dealers and major swap participants by allowing them to share raw transaction data

Germany-based bourse Eurex announced on Oct. 28 that it will soon list derivatives products that are based around indices that are currently listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. As a result, global market participants will have an easier time gaining exposure to Austrian securities, according to Banking Technology. By the end of last month, a total of more than 6.8 million Austrian derivatives

Lorenzo Tan, president of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, stated at a recent industry event that the financial performance of lenders in the nation will likely be hampered in 2014 as a result of implementing the Basel III requirements. "Generally, Basel III will lower your expected net income … (the impact) varies from bank to bank," Tan told members of the media who were present at

Michel Barnier, a key European official who has supervision over financial regulation, recently stated that the inability of the United States to create derivatives regulations that are similar to those of the European Union is holding up a trading agreement between the two jurisdictions. Barnier indicated that he might be able to create an agreement with Gary Gensler, who currently serves as

At a time when many small banks could potentially benefit from greater access to methods that might help them manage the risk that they will be affected by increases in interest rates, one firm has stepped up and started providing these lending institutions with OTC derivatives. B&F Capital Markets is a company that has developed these off-exchange financial instruments for various small lenders