Posts Tagged ‘Clearing’

  • Recent CFTC Rulings
    Posted by on October 19th, 2011 at 7:16 am, Comments: 0

    The CFTC made two controversial rulings yesterday. One was to impose position limits on traders. The second was to change the capital needed to join [...]

  • Clear Example of Why Dodd-Frank Was Stupid
    Posted by on July 9th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

    Craig Pirrong gives a very clear, cogent analysis of one piece of Dodd-Frank legislation that has intent in the correct place, but in practice will [...]

  • CFTC, Centralized Clearing Houses and the OTC Market
    Posted by on December 23rd, 2010 at 9:44 am, Comments: 0

    Dodd-Frank mandated that the OTC market start clearing its trades via a clearinghouse. It was a pretty stupid way to try and clean up the [...]

  • Mandated Clearing-Beneficial or Not?
    Posted by on September 17th, 2010 at 3:23 pm, Comments: 0

    In the Dodd/Frank Fin Reg Law, and across the pond in Europe, the latest fad to stop a financial crisis from happening is “mandated clearing”. [...]