A&O in London run free lunchtime seminars of which one was on EMIR a year on from the last seminar. You can download and enjoy

In  his post The CFTC Killed SEF Trading (for now) Kevin McPartland observes a severe drop in CDS SEF trading volumes which he attributes to the delayed

It is clear CFTC does not yet have meaningful systemic risk information from the end of day / historic SDR reporting which has been live

I came across an interesting post with the chart below setting out one view of the primary times the three browsing platforms are used. The

  Though it seemed for a while that the US/EU’s ‘path forward’ agreement on substituted compliance might have simplified OTC compliance for the markets, when

Virginie at Aite (pronounced eye-tay) gives feedback on the Trade Reporting precipice the industry is hurtling towards: EMIR Trade Reporting Deadline: Manning the Panic Stations? |

Four calendar weeks are in the books.  A common trend is emerging.  The story is really the same as last week. SAME OLD STORY CREDIT:  Bloomberg

Craig Pirrong (aka the Streetwise Professor) looks at the moral hazard problem firms face when considering if they want to clear or keep their derivatives

Following on from my article on SDRFix, a Progress Report Two weeks after launch, I wanted to explain what we mean when we say that SDRFix

This article is an update of our previous article What the SEF Volumes Show: Week 2. As well as providing figures for the week of