Tag: Dodd-Frank

Category 2’s Mad Dash to June Finish Line

There are only 33 days left before all the firms that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) designated as Category-2 entities must central clear the majority of their over-the-counter (OTC) swaps trades and the next four or five weeks and it looks like it will be hellish for more than half of them. Do not…

SEF Operations Rules Delayed, Again

For anyone who attended the TabbForum’s Fixed Income 2013 and heard CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia suggest that the industry may see the vote happen as early has mid-February, the news is a disappointment. At least there’s a bit of a silver lining in the news for us regulatory, market-structure and technology nerds – we will not ruin…

SEFCON III: Still Waiting

  Why post a clip from director Peter Hunt’s 1972 movie version of 1776 in a blog post about yesterday’s SEFCON III conference hosted by Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association (WMBA)? I could not think of a more appropriate cultural reference that reflects the industry’s frustration and anticipation to have the Dodd-Frank rule making done and dusted.…

Girding for Changes Under Dodd-Frank

After a little technical difficulty, the third episode ofthe Daly Post Podcast is up and running on iTunes. For anyone looking to jump on the podcasting bandwagon,be sure the system you are using is not one Wilco CD download away from maxingout your hard drive – enough said. Thank you to the Tabb Group’s Kevin…

CFTC Won’t Make SEF Deadline

No, it’s not a reported fact, but just a humble opinion in this week’s Friday Musing that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is overoptimistic in its belief that it will have all of the necessary Dodd-Frank rule making completed by the middle of this quarter. Disagree? Let me know your thoughts on the…