Margin Requirements

Blankfein on Volcker Rule, OTC derivatives

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, fresh off only the company's second quarterly loss as a public company, told the audience at a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference that a weaker economy

TABB Says Proposed Margin Rules for OTC Interest-Rate Derivatives Will Severely Damage Swaps Market Liquidity

Proposed Rules will Render Many Trade Structures Extinct and Represent $1.4 Trillion in New Capital Allocation Globally for Rates Swaps NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory mandates

TABB Says Proposed Margin Rules for OTC Interest-Rate Derivatives Will Severely Damage Swaps Market Liquidity

Proposed Rules will Render Many Trade Structures Extinct and Represent $1.4 Trillion in New Capital Allocation Globally for Rates Swaps NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory mandates

E*TRADE Launches Portfolio Margin for Active Traders

Qualified Options Traders Now Have Access to Lower Margin Requirements and Increased Buying Power NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that E*TRADE

Citi Whitepaper Outlines the Top Five Issues OTC Derivative Investors Must Plan for in the Wake of Dodd-Frank Reforms

Report Details Action Items for Dealing with New Regulatory and Reporting Requirements NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Citi announced today that it has released a new whitepaper that outlines the top

The Dodd Frank Bill Does NOT Impact Retail Investors Ability to Own Gold or Silver

LUTZ, Fla., June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Gainesville Coins has been receiving a number of inquiries regarding the impact of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill on the silver and gold

Reval Poll Shows Most End-User Costs Would Increase to Comply with Dodd-Frank

Despite increase in cost use of OTC derivatives not impacted NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a live webinar poll last week hosted by Reval (www.reval.com), the premiere Software-as-a-Service provider

ISDA Publishes “The Economics of Central Clearing: Theory and Practice,” A Discussion Paper on Clearing Issues

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of an in-depth discussion and analysis of the purposes, function and

NYSE Liffe U.S. Achieves New Milestones in Interest Rate Futures Trading

-Over 5% Market Share in Eurodollar Futures- -Exchange Open Interest Exceeds 270,000 in Only Eight Weeks Since Launch of Interest Rate Futures- -Nearly 3 Million Interest Rate Futures Traded to Date-

CME raises collateral requirements, market tanks

Did the CME deliberately let the air out of the stupefying silver bubble? Officials from the exchange company met in late April and agreed to hike margin requirements for trading firms, the New York