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Futurization of Swaps | OTC Clearing in Japan | Complex Order Functionality DECEMBERJANUARY 2011 2013 | | V21.N12 V23.N1 ICE-NYSE The Makings of a Merger $339,994,460,891,567 * isn’t just a big number. It’s more liquidity. SwapClear’s unrіvalled dealer volumes can mean better executіon prіces for buy-sіde clіents who clear theіr OTC іnterest rate swaps wіth us. swapclear.com *SwapClear’s total outstanding notional as of January 7, 2013 DATE: 1.8.13 PROJECT: LCH.Swapclear_ FI_Jan_Price_FP_01R Ad: FI, January 2013 Issue TRIM: 8.375 in. x 10.75 in. BLEED: 8.625 in. x 11 in. PRINTS: 4-CP FIA International Futures Industry Conference Things Happen March 12-15, 2013 at Boca Boca Raton Resort & Club 1976 The first FIA International Futures Industry Conference is held in 1978 The first Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Innisbrook. The conference moves to the Boca Raton Hotel and Club in 1979 William T. Bagley delivers his first major address to the futures industry. where it remains for the next 32 years with the exception of one year in Miami (1980) when the hotel is under renovation. 1985 Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, predicts that the futures industry could suffer “if stock index futures trading at some point really upends trading on the New York Stock Exchange … it will resurrect the 1983 John Damgard’s first Boca as president latent view of futures activity as socially useless speculation and that of the Futures Industry Association. will cause us a lot of trouble in the regulatory arena.” 1989 Chicago Board of Trade unveils 1993 CME Chairman Jack Sandner puts forth a plan to “Aurora”, an electronic trading system that create a financial super agency to replace the Commodity tries to simulate the pit on a trading screen; Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and traders will use a pointing device known as Exchange Commission. a “mouse”. 1996 International futures regulators from 14 jurisdictions sign a 1995 Two weeks after the demise of Barings Bank, FIA assembles a panel Declaration on Cooperation and Supervision of International Futures on the crisis and establishes FIA Global Task Force on Financial Integrity to Exchanges and Clearing Organizations—49 international foreign make recommendations that would enhance the protection of the assets of futures exchanges and clearing organizations from 18 countries sign a market participants. complementary memorandum of understanding. This enables regulators and exchanges post-Barings to share information on the participants in their markets. 1998 After a 12-hour bargaining session, CBOT and CME officials announce a plan to combine their clearing systems. This deal ultimately fails to 1999 Alan Greenspan addresses Boca materialize and it isn’t until early 2004 when the CBOT moves its clearing delegates via satellite transmission (and from the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation to the CME clearinghouse. again in 2007 after he retires). 2000 Boca delegates strike out when President Clinton calls U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers back to Washington to sign a gun 2005 FIA introduces the control bill before he can deliver the keynote address at the international Futures Hall of Fame and exchange breakfast. John Henry, a long-time friend of the FIA, steps up to inducts 55 members. the plate to take his place—a home run. 2009 OTC clearing comes to Boca and along with it 2007 Boca delegates wake up to the news new delegates with expertise in the over-the-counter world. that IntercontinentalExchange President Jeff Sprecher is challenging the CME bid for the 2011 CME Group announces that it will launch its London-based clearing- Chicago Board of Trade. house. Rumors of a tie-up between ICE and Nasdaq OMX circulate. 2012 FIA welcomes Walt Lukken 2011 FIA announces it will extend its mission to include cleared swaps. as its new President and CEO. 2013 Anything can happen. Don’t miss it. Register at www.futuresindustry.org/boca JANUARY 2013 | V23.N1 FEATURES I CE-NYSE: 28 The Makings of a Merger In this latest in our series of CEO-to-CEO interviews, Jeff Sprecher, the chief executive of IntercontinentalExchange, discusses how the merger agreement with NYSE Euronext came about and his strategic vision for ICE. | By Walt Lukken ON THE COVER Futurization: Jeff Sprecher (left), chairman D33 odd-Frank Drives Swaps-to-Futures Migration and chief executive officer of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. As the new regulatory regime created by the Dodd-Frank Act has taken shape, some and Duncan Niederauer (right), over-the-counter market participants have grown alarmed by the complexity and cost of chief executive officer of compliance and have turned instead to the futures markets in search of a simpler and NYSE Euronext, at the more cost-effective alternative to cleared swaps. | By Will Acworth New York Stock Exchange on December 20, 2012 Futures Industry Moves Forward 38 with Enhanced Customer Protections Since the collapses of MF Global and Peregrine Financial, the futures industry has made significant progress to better protect customer funds with a series of actions to improve transparency and strengthen internal controls. | By Joanne Morrison OTC Clearing in Japan: 41 Solid Start for Interest Rate Swaps Japan has a relatively small share of the global interest rate swaps market compared to the U.S. and Europe, but it has taken the lead in implementing the G20 requirement for central clearing. | By Thomas Treadwell OTC Clearing: 47 Volume Trends in IRS and CDS At major clearinghouses, the volume of central clearing of over-the-counter derivatives rebounded strongly in November and October, after a modest decline in the late summer months. | By Dan Mannetti Simple Agenda for Complex Options 50 As complex orders become increasingly popular, a number of exchanges have developed separate order books for complex orders as well as new functionalities to improve the odds of filling complex orders. In addition, a number of firms provide tools for aggregating liquidity across multiple exchanges. | By Rachel Koning Beals 4 Futures Industry | www.futuresindustry.com Eurex Reappraisal, FI Mag_Jan22_Futures Industry Magazine 08.01.13 13:08 Seite 1 When you’re on Eurex Exchange, Eurex. you’re in a one-stop-shop with more An Exchange than 1,900 products to trade. Here you’ll find one of world’s most active for the better. markets in euro-based fixed income and equity index derivatives, including sector derivatives. Plus a broad offering in single equity products. And there’s more. We have a growing range of alternative asset classes as well as commodity derivatives including immediate access to Europe’s most dynamic energy market. On Eurex Exchange, you can enter off-order book transactions through our EurexOTC services – giving you opportunities to trade large volume without execution risk. Our growing global partnerships create opportunities to trade partner products like 29 KOSPI 200, the world’s most heavily traded options contract, and SENSEX derivatives on the Eurex® system. Eurex Exchange participants make up a global distribution network of more than 8,000 traders from 30+ countries trading about 7.5 million contracts every day. And each of these trades is handled through Eurex Clearing – one of the world’s leading CCP clearing houses and an innovator in risk management. Diversity, flexibility, global coverage. Discover more on Eurex Exchange. www.eurexchange.com The information published in this publication is for general information purposes only. It is not intended to constitute investment advice nor is it intended for solicitation purposes. Eurex is not responsible for any errors or omissions contained in this publication. Before trading, persons should consider the risks involved and the legal requirements of the relevant jurisdiction. 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By Walt Lukken The statements of fact and opinion in signed articles 57 @Markets are the sole responsibility of the authors, and do not 12 Trading Volume necessarily reflect the positions of the officers, mem- • CBOE Launches Variance Futures bers or staff of FIA, nor the employers of the authors. • Nasdaq OMX Buys Stake in Dutch 22 News Briefs FUTURES INDUSTRY • Eurex Launches Interest Rate Trading Venue Editor-in-Chief Editor Mary Ann Burns Will Acworth Swaps Clearing • NYSE Liffe’s Bclear Adds Fixed Deputy Editor Assistant Editor • LCH.Clearnet Expands Clearing Income Futures Joanne Morrison Tracy Wahler to Australia • RTS Bolsters APAC Presence FUTURES INDUSTRY EDITORIAL • CME Launches Swap Data 61 Expo Scrapbook ADVISORY BOARD Reporting Service Russell Abramson, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Arthur Bell, Arthur Bell Certified Public Accountants • FOA Expands Netting 64 Prominent People Galen Burghardt, Newedge USA Opinion Library Christopher Culp, Lexecon Kevin Foley, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Michael Gorham, Illinois Institute of Technology Anthony Leitner, A J Leitner and Associates, LLC Terrence Martell, Baruch College John Munro, ION Trading Gerry Perez, Interactive Brokers Group Leslie Sutphen, Newedge USA Barbara Wierzynski, Futures Industry Association The Futures Industry Association is the international trade organization for the futures industry.