OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
The Next Stage in the LIBOR Transition (via…
Good morning to you all. I am sorry I cannot be present at the Alternative Reference Rates Committee's (ARRC) fourth roundtable, but I wanted to share these remarks with you at what is the start…
CFTC Chairman Gives Remarks at FSB Meeting on…
Washington, DC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo joined Randal K. Quarles, Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Vice Chairman of Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,…
Progress on Benchmark Reform
Good morning and thanks to ISDA for the opportunity to speak here today. It has been almost two years since Andrew Bailey announced that the FCA (the UK Financial Conduct Authority) would no longer use…
Progress on the Transition to Risk-Free Rates
I am pleased that we have this opportunity to meet with many of the institutions active in helping to achieve a transition from LIBOR to the risk-free rates identified by working groups in each of…
US Equities Account for Nearly 40% of Global…
SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, is a trade group of securities industry professionals. “SIFMA represents the broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers who provide access to the capital markets",according to its website. SIFMA…
CFTC Commissioner Behnam Announces Members of the Market…
Washington, DC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Rostin Behnam today announced the members of the Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee (Subcommittee) of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC). Commissioner Behnam is the sponsor…
CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee Meets
The Markets Risk Advisor Committee (MRAC) of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) met and announced the formation and chair of a new sub-committee. The MRAC met on December 4, 2018, for its most recent…
Transforming from LIBOR to SOFR
While the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) is notorious for a rate manipulation scandal, that is not even its biggest problem right now. Sandie O’Connor is the chief regulatory officer at JP Morgan Chase and…