John Davidson joined OCC as president and chief operating officer in May with a firm focus on ushering in the next generation of clearing technology for the world's largest clearing organization. Davidson is one of several recent executive team hires tasked with...
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Lead Stories Oil Options Traders Buy Record Bullish Contracts Amid OPEC Moves Javier Blas, John Deane and Brian Wingfield - Bloomberg Oil investors traded a record number of bullish options contracts for benchmark U.S. crude, a signal that the market is positioning...
After the financial crisis in 2008-09, regulators across the globe set in motion a complete overhaul of the financial markets, with the ultimate goals being transparency in the previously unregulated swaps market, and ensuring that there is adequate collateral...
After the 2008 financial crisis, national and international regulators laid the groundwork for new capital requirements for banks, dealers, funds and investors. From margin requirements on the $624 trillion swaps market to the stringent bank capital requirements in...
India’s options market is growing at the fastest pace in the world, bringing a much-needed piece of good news to a region still trying to recover from the global financial crisis. New swaps regulation for central counterparty clearing puts pressure on hedge investors...
During 2012 SEFCON III John Lothian News interviewed five key members of the WMBA. Click here to see all the interviews. Chris Ferreri is a managing director at ICAP North America, where he oversees ICAP ETC, the company's hybrid brokered OTC solution. He was the...
Byron Baldwin is senior vice president of buyside relations for Eurex. He moved to New York from Eurex's London office to in February 2011 in order to promote the firm's listed products, connectivity for high frequency trading firms, and to promote Eurex’s move into...
Ted Leveroni is the Executive Director of Derivatives Strategy and External Relations for Omgeo, a financial services company specializing in post-trade operations such as trade allocation, confirmation and settlement for investment managers, broker/dealers and...
Mark Esposito, a 25-year trading veteran on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), is the managing director, business development at OneChicago. John Lothian News Editor-at-Large Doug Ashburn spoke with Esposito about OneChicago’s NoDivRisk (“1D”)...
First Read $9,141/$300,000 (3%) Diane Saucier ++++ Peter Wind, Longtime Industry Colleague and Mentor, Passes Away By John J. Lothian It is with a heavy heart I report that former Cargill Investor Services (CIS) executive Peter Wind has passed away at the age of 70....
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