22 February 2012
OTC Market Transparency in Danger
Dan Cohen, The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp.
Can you say extraterritoriality? It's raising the specter of regulatory arb.
rest of story...
Opinion & Analysis
- OTC Market Transparency in Danger (The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., Dan Cohen) 1 Comment
- Mind the Gap: Dodd-Frank vs. the Rest of the World (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher)
- Solving the Puzzle: Asia Edition (EY, Kishore Kumar Ramakrishnan)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Market (ISDA, ISDA, Robert Pickel, George Handjinicolaou) 2 Comments
- Solving the Puzzle of OTC Derivatives Reporting (EY, Kishore Kumar Ramakrishnan)
- Dealer with a Capital “D” (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 3 Comments
- Turning Dodd-Frank into an Opportunity (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher)
- Do We Want to Adopt MATT? (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher) 3 Comments
- Swaps Liquidity Fragmentation (and Aggregation) (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
- Why ISDA Has Resorted to the Courts (ISDA, Conrad Volstad, CEO, and Robert Pickel, Executive Vice Chairman) 1 Comment
- Crash Course: MF Global & Dodd-Frank
(Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher)
- Transparency, Dodd-Frank and Unintended Consequences (The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Larry Thompson)
- Crash Course: MF Global and Dodd-Frank (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher) 4 Comments
- Greece Won’t Kill CDS, Dodd-Frank Will (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 7 Comments
- Undermining Transparency (The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., Dan Cohen) 3 Comments
- Data Demands in a New Era of Swaps Trading (TabbFORUM, Gregory Crawford)
- Derivatives Reform a Bright Spot? Who Would’ve Guessed? (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
- Can Single Dealer Platforms Become Organized Trading Facilities? (TABB Group, Will Rhode) 8 Comments
- What You Didn't Know About Synthetic Products and New Market Regs (Nomura, Nomura, Andrew Bowley, Gareth Carrol) 3 Comments
- What To Do in a Fast-Paced Futures World (Fidessa, Dan Smalley) 1 Comment
- The Free Flow of Data (Managing Director, Head of Government Relations, Dan Cohen) 6 Comments
- Rules of Risk Management for OTC Derivatives (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher) 4 Comments
- Electronic Swaps Trading Is Not a Myth (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 9 Comments
- SEFs: A Progress Report (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 5 Comments
- What's Behind the SEF Explosion – Regulation or Opportunity? (Head of Product Mgmt., SunGard Capital Markets, Tim Dodd) 3 Comments
- Dodd-Frank: TABB Group's Kevin McPartland on Benzinga Radio
- Light At the End of the (Regulatory) Tunnel? (newedge, Valery Lepinette)
- Fixed Income Market Evolution
(TABB, Kevin McPartland)
- Dodd-Frank: Practical Implications & Uncharted Territory
(Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher)
- Kevin McPartland’s Opening Remarks to a Senate Banking Committee on SEF Progress (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 4 Comments
- Don't Miss the (OTC Derivatives) Forest for the Trees (TabbFORUM, Gregory Crawford)
- Preview of a SEF (MarketAxess, Rick McVey, Chairman and CEO) 1 Comment
- Practical Implications of Dodd-Frank on the Trading of OTC Derivatives (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher)
- Uncertainty Aside, Dodd-Frank Driving Fixed Income Tech (TabbFORUM Contributing Editor, Marine Cole) 1 Comment
- Dodd-Frank’s Impact on OTC Derivatives
(Capco, Joe Anastasio)
- Regulatory Arbitrage: Fact, Fiction or a Little Bit of Both? (TabbFORUM Contributing Editor, Marine Cole) 1 Comment
- Dear Mr. Regulator: Flexibility Needed for Forex SEFs (FXall, Phil Weisberg, CEO) 3 Comments
- Forex Derivatives Big, Risky Enough for Regulation (Stanford University, Darrell Duffie) 4 Comments
- Joining the VIPs, With a Hitch (New York University, Kapil Khetan) 5 Comments
- Managing Liquidity Post Derivatives Reform
(TABB, Kevin McPartland)
- A new CDS Loophole (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 8 Comments
- Time for a Dodd-Frank Alternative (Gary DeWaal) 5 Comments
- SEF Showcase - The End User Panel
(TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
- Re-thinking Compression in a Cleared Swaps World (Eris Exchange, Michael Riddle)
- Larry Tabb and Kevin McPartland Tweet from "SEF-a-palooza"
- Kevin McPartland Opening Address to CFTC at SEF Showcase (aka SEF-a-palooza) (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 3 Comments
- A View of OTC Swaps Reform from the Boca Raton Shuttle (Anonymous) 2 Comments
- What's the SEF Def? A TABB Group Industry Barometer (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 1 Comment
- Talking SEFs in the Florida Sun (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
- Dodd-Frank: It's Coming and It's Costly
(TABB, Gregory Crawford)
2 Comments
- OTC Derivatives and the Question of When (SunGard, Tony Scianna, Executive Vice President )
- SEF-a-Palooza: Commenting on the Comments (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 4 Comments
- Cross Margining Melee
(TABB Group, TABB Group, Adam Sussman, Kevin McPartland)
1 Comment
- How to Create a New Bank Capital Crisis (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 6 Comments
- CFTC Funding Debate
(TABB Group, Larry Tabb)
- Client Clearing: How Will They Choose?
(TABB)
- What's the Future for Swaps Trading?
(TABB)
- Central Clearing: Challenges and Risks
(TABB)
- SEF Definition is Set: Now What?
(TABB)
- The Peter Fisher Interview: A Guide
- BlackRock's Peter Fisher on OTC Derivatives Reform
(TABB)
2 Comments
- CFTC Commissioner O'Malia on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking and Implementation
(TABB)
- Technology or Bust: Don't Fear the Telephone Order (Thunderhead, Kevin Thorogood, Global Head of Investment Banking)
- Data Storage and the CFTC
(TABB Group, Larry Tabb)
1 Comment
- One-Size-Fits-All Won't Work for Dodd-Frank: CFTC's O'Malia to TabbFORUM Conference (TabbFORUM, Gregory Crawford)
- TabbFORUM OTC Derivatives Takeaways
(TABB Group, Larry Tabb)
- OTC Derivative Reform Interview: Roger Liddell, LCH.Clearnet CEO
(TABB, Kevin McPartland)
1 Comment
- OTC Derivative Reform Interview: Javelin CEO Jamie Cawley
(Javelin Capital Markets, Jamie Cawley)
- OTC Derivative Reform Interview: IPC's Bart Bartolozzi
(IPC, Bart Bartolozzi)
- OTC Derivatives Reform Interview: ICAP's Chris Ferreri
(TABB, Kevin McPartland)
- Derivatives: Rules of Engagement
(CFTC, Commissioner Scott O'Malia)
- BlackRock's Fisher on Inflation, Economy & More
(BlackRock, Peter Fisher)
- SEFs and Electronic Credit Trading
(TABB, Kevin McPartland)
- Transparency, But Not As We Know It (TriOptima, Per Sjoberg, executive vice president; Susan Hinko, global head of industry relations)
- The Role of Clearinghouses in OTC Derivatives (Kinetix Trading Solutions, George Bollenbacher) 2 Comments
- OTC Derivatives Rules: Not What, But When (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland)
- The New SEF Rules
(Tradeweb, Lee Olesky)
- OTC Derivatives Trading and Clearing: A Frantic Pace of Change (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 3 Comments
- Europe 2011 – Regulation, Consolidation and a New Dynamic (TABB Group, TABB Group, Miranda Mizen, Will Rhode) 1 Comment
- Cutting OTC Derivatives Clearing Capital Requirements: Making the Credit Crisis Look like a Walk in the Park (TABB Group, Larry Tabb) 26 Comments
- Increasing Collateral Costs in OTC Derivatives
(TABB Group, Paul Rowady)
- CFTC's Gensler: I Support the Dodd-Frank Rulemaking (TabbFORUM, Gregory Crawford)
- Measuring the Global Risk Transfer Market
(TABB Group, Paul Rowady)
- The Impending CFTC SEF Proposal: What You Need to Know and Why (TABB Group, Kevin McPartland) 6 Comments
- Re-Thinking Our Markets: A Few Ideas for Structural Change (TABB Group, Larry Tabb) 24 Comments
- Gravity, Logic and Sanity Hit the CFTC (TabbFORUM, Gregory Crawford)
- Centrally Cleared CfDs: A Buy Side Perspective
(TABB Group, Will Rhode)
Mind the Gap: Dodd-Frank vs. the Rest of the World
George Bollenbacher, Kinetix Trading Solutions
The effort by U.S. regulators to coordinate derivatives regulations with their global counterparts is commendable but there are areas to watch. And what about Volcker? Continue
Additional Resources
- Whitepaper: Regulation meets Market Evolution - Changing Face of OTC Derivatives Trading (EY, Kishore Kumar Ramakrishnan)
- Whitepaper: OTC Derivatives in the Post-Dodd-Frank Landscape — Implications for Investment Managers (Citi, Mike Sleightholme, Global Head of Hedge Fund Services and Bikramjit Singh, Global Head of OTC Derivative Services)
- Whitepaper: ISDA's OTC Derivatives Market Analysis Year-end 2010
- Whitepaper: Regulatory Reform and OTC Derivatives (Capco, Joe Anastasio and Pramod Achanta, Partners)
- Whitepaper: Swap Execution Facilities: Can They Improve the Structure of OTC Derivatives Markets? (International Swaps and Derivatives Association)
- Whitepaper: ISDA Study: Transparency in OTC Equity Derivatives Markets: a Quantitative Study (ISDA, Marco Avellaneda & Rama Cont)
- Whitepaper: ISDA Study: Trade Transparency in OTC Equity Derivatives Markets (Marco Avellaneda & Rama Cont)
- GETCO: A Modern Market Maker's Perspective on the European Financial Markets Regulatory Agenda (GETCO Europe LTD. )
- Comments on: Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues (SEC)
- Statement of Craig S Donohue, CEO of CME Group, Before the Joint CFTC-SEC Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues (CME Group, Craig Donohue, CEO)

Spotlight Series: OTC Derivatives Reform
