I’ve been at Greenwich Associates a little over a year now. Since I’ve been here I’ve written a few blog posts about SEFs, but have…
Tag: derivatives
Earlier this year we spoke with just shy of 400 corporate treasurers about their use of interest rate derivatives. Given this group of IRD users…
On Thursday May 1 the CFTC released an eagerly awaited clarifying document outlining when and how package trades would be required on SEF. Packaged transactions will be…
On October 2 swap execution facilities (SEF) became official and started reporting trading volumes. While this new level of transparency is exciting, today’s reported volumes…
Today (Sep 17, 2013) I’m moderating a swap futures panel at the Institutional Investor Fixed Income Forum event in Westchester County. For those of you…
The FT published a great special section this past Monday on the state of OTC derivatives reform. Coverage ranged from the impact of MF Global…
I officially launched Kevin on the Street in the spring of 2010, so 2011 was its first full year of operation. Not like the world…
It seemed like the CFTC’s meeting yesterday (Dec 12th) would be a big one; we’d find out the size of a block trade and in…
With so much focus on execution methods and block trade rules, little talk has been had about another SEF requirement: surveillance. Keeping your market participants…
On Tuesday, December 13th I presented to the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee. Chairman Gensler and Commissioners O’Malia and Wetjan were all there. Each panelist, myself…