FX Week Asia: Options clearing on hold, prime brokers confirm

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Risk.net Regulation News Update 19 October 2011 This Week's Top Story FX Week Asia: Options clearing on hold, prime brokers confirm Forex clearing will be restricted to non-deliverable forwards as US authorities discuss whether settlement risk can be properly managed for cleared forex options, according to speakers at the FX Week... Categories: Clearing and settlement, Regulation Topics: Clearing, Settlement, Options, foreign exchange (FX), Prime brokerage ... Mobile RSS Risk USA 2011 October 31 – November 3 The full agenda for this year's Risk USA is now available. Visit riskusa.com, topics to be discussed at this year's event include: Dodd-Frank implementation and its affect on the financial industry Market, liquidity and operational risk, portfolio management and asset allocation, systemic and credit risk, quantitative risk management strategies, risk and investment challenges facing banks institutional investors, asset managers; insurance firms, pension funds and large non-financial corporates. More of this week's news A divided CFTC approves new commodities position limit rules "The pursuit by industry of legitimate and appropriate risk management is now made unduly onerous," says CFTC commissioner Scott O'Malia iShares launches campaign to help ETP investors identify risks BlackRock subsidiary takes action after last week's call for more transparency around exchange-traded products Emerging markets focus to boost NDFs despite clearing costs Growth of non-deliverable forwards market will not be hit by impending clearing laws CRD IV should reflect Emir exemptions, says Bowles Chair of European Parliament's Econ committee believes CRD IV should mirror Emir corporate exemptions, but has not yet decided whether sovereign counterparties should enjoy the same benefit Emir should include exchange-traded derivatives, says Gensler CFTC chairman says European regulators should expand scope of Emir to include all derivatives, rather than OTC only Energy Risk Europe: energy trading firms' technology not ready for new rules Many energy trading firms have yet to begin getting the technological infrastructure in place to comply with new EU and US financial market regulations, say panellists Energy Risk Europe: regulators need to differentiate between banks and non-banks Regulators should be wary about applying financial market regulation to all end-users, warn panellists Energy Risk Europe: Remit language too loose, say panellists Weaknesses exist in the language of new rules meant to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse in the wholesale energy sector EBA stress test: Santander's sovereign swaps exposure not disclosed Banco de España chose not to report Santander's sovereign derivatives exposure to the EBA because it was 'not material' SEC charges former UCB executives with misleading investors SEC charges former UCB executives with failing to disclose losses that led to the bank crashing in 2009 Basel Committee's Sigor to undertake review of operational risk regulatory framework Wide-ranging review seeks to raise operational risk capital and overhaul the basic indicator and standardised approaches Related news this week from other categories FX Week Asia: Corporate hedgers rattled by volatility Tumultuous foreign exchange market in September has left some hedging strategies in disarray and led to more timely exposure monitoring in one treasury department, say corporate treasurers speaking... FX Week Asia: World economy 'needs alternative reserve currency' Chinese renminbi looks poised for reserve status, but still no consensus on when it will happen due to forces beyond "anyone's control", senior academic tells FX Week Asia conference in Singapore Rajaratnam sentenced to 11 years for Galleon insider trading Galleon insider trader Raj Rajaratnam has been given a record sentence in the US for insider trading   Related publications: Risk magazine, Operational Risk & Regulation, Life & Pension Risk, Central Banking Related categories: Risk Management, Investment

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