Exchanges & Clearing News

October 16th, 2012	ICE Completes Transition of Energy Swaps to Futures
October 11th, 2012	IntercontinentalExchange Receives 4d(a) Order from the CFTC; Cross Margin Benefits Continue Across Energy Contracts While Customers Benefit from Segregated Accounts
October 9th, 2012	APAC’s First Yen-Dominated IRS Clearing Organisation: Catalyst Congratulates the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
September 27th, 2012	LCH.Clearnet’s ForexClear Offers 95% NDF Market Coverage
August 20th, 2012	CME Group Applies to Create an Exchange in the United Kingdom
August 17th, 2012	CME Clearing Europe to Accept Gold as Collateral
July 30th, 2012	IntercontinentalExchange to Transition Cleared Energy Swaps to Futures in January 2013
July 24th, 2012	IntercontinentalExchange Introduces Clearing for Emerging Markets CDS Index
July 19th, 2012	ICE Clear Credit Designated Systemically Important in U.S.
July 17th, 2012	LCH.Clearnet’s ForexClear Breaks $50 bn Notional Cleared
June 26th, 2012	Hong Kong Exchange Renews Contract With NASDAQ OMX and Upgrades to INET-Based Trading Platform
June 3rd, 2012	Over $1 Trillion Notional of Buy-side Interest Rate Swaps Cleared on SwapClear
May 31st, 2012	Eurex Clearing and Major Dealers to Cooperate in Launch of OTC Interest Rate Swaps Clearing
May 15th, 2012	LCH.Clearnet Launches CDSClear Internationally
May 1st, 2012	Buy-side Interest Rate Swap Clearing Surges Ahead of Dodd-Frank Mandate
May 1st, 2012	ICE CDS Clearing Reaches $30 Trillion in Notional Cleared; ICE Clear Credit Announces New Clearing Member
April 24th, 2012	LCH.Clearnet in Discussions to Expand U.S. Footprint with Acquisition of IDCG
April 24th, 2012	Eurex Clearing Partners with Pirum for its Upcoming CCP Service for Securities Lending Market
April 10th, 2012	CME Group's OTC Volume Surpasses $500 Billion in Total Notional Cleared for Interest Rate and Credit Default Swaps
April 3rd, 2012	Alan Whiting to succeed Hugh Freedberg as Chairman of NYSE Liffe

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SEF Rules Passed by CFTC this Week

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Views vary on many elements of the newly approved rules with some industry participants believing the rules to be fair and others very problematic.

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