Swaps data: CCP and Sef volumes still growing *†
20 November 2017 | Risk.net | In summary, excellent growth at the three dealer-to-client Sefs: Bloomberg, Tradeweb and TrueEx, in part driven by portfolio maintenance compression and roll activity, with Tradeweb now established as the largest. For dealer-to-dealer Sefs, TP Icap is the leader with gains in the third quarter, while IGDL and Tradition are down during the period, possibly due to lower CME-LCH central counterparty switch volumes.
Industry pushes CFTC to prioritise cross-border clarity*
31 August 2017 | Risk.net | "Equivalence should probably be considered with a principles-based approach around the core areas of access, transparency, quality and fairness of pricing, running orderly markets, trade certainty, and so on,” says Scott Fitzpatrick, chief executive of TraditionSEF.
Dislocation policy: LCH exodus risks CCP basis blow-out*†
7 August 2017 | Risk.net | “If you’re talking about forcing trillions of notional through the market in a short period of time, then that basis could go anywhere. There is no upper limit,” says Stuart Giles, managing director for strategy and business development at interdealer broker Tradition.
May 2017 Swaps Review*
13 June 2017 | Clarus | Clarus CEO Amir Khwaja breaks down global swaps volumes, including SEF volumes and CCP market share: "Continuing with our monthly Swaps review series, let’s look at volumes in May 2017 and in a change from the usual format of SDR data, then SEF market share and then CCP volumes, I will take a product centric view."
LCH-EUREX Basis in EUR IR SWAPS*
12 April 2017 | Clarus FT Blog | “Let’s start with Tradition’s EUR CCP Basis Swaps Prices for April 10, 2017”.
Banks Set to Win Derivatives Relief in New EU Trading Rules*
6 March 2017 | Bloomberg | The new standard is a “welcoming and noticeable change” and responded to industry concerns that there was scant time to develop the rules and little comprehensive data about the market, said Dan Marcus, global head of strategy and business development at Cie. Financiere Tradition SA.
Tradition, Lmrkts Extend Trade Compression into Non-Deliverable Forwards*†
1 March 2017 | WatersTechnology | Inter-dealer broker Tradition has expanded its partnership with Lmrkts, a fintech firm specializing in compression and analytics, with the completion of a live run around the trade compression of non-deliverable forward (NDF) trades.
Tradition To Enter Rates Compression*
27 February 2017 | Markets Media | Interdealer broker Tradition plans to extend its partnership with LMRKTS, a compression and analytics provider, into interest rates after expanding their foreign exchange compression service into decreasing initial margins.
Tradition Extends Trade Compression to Uncleared Margin in FX*†
27 February 2017 | Profit and Loss | Inter-dealer broker Tradition says it has delivered an initial margin optimisation in FX, after extending its partnership with compression and analytics provider LMRKTS.
CFTC’s Massad and Giancarlo, Congressman Huizenga, Among Speakers at SEFCON VII*†
11 January 2017 | Profit and Loss | In addition to these key speakers, SEFCON VII features the views of: Scott Fitzpatrick, CEO, Tradition SEF.
