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Ten years ago, no one wanted to inconvenience themselves to try to pick up a few basis points. But today's investors are falling over themselves to collect those very same basis points. Here are 6 risky strategies to combat a flattening yield curve – and why you probably should avoid them.

Whoever said technology would make our lives easier didn’t trade futures and options on five or six different exchanges spread out across a dozen different time zones.

Many challenges remain in implementing Dodd-Frank’s derivatives reforms, as swap dealers retool their technology to improve data collection, aggregation and reporting. But regulators, particularly the CFTC, have made strong progress.

The concentration of risk among central counterparties in the new global market structure must be accompanied by a proportional increase in transparency and reporting at the CCPs.

While Congress may have sprinted to enact Dodd-Frank, over the past 1,460-plus days since the legislation became law, regulators have altered their pace and focused on simply crossing the finish line.

The Dodd-Frank Act may just be the best example of unintended consequences in action.

From launching a platform for trading USD swaps, to completing production testing with credit hubs for pre-trade clearing certainty, to celebrating the clearing of an inaugural trade under the new regulations, 2013 continued the momentum in the changing OTC swaps markets.

The era of mandatory trading of interest rate swaps on swap execution facilities (SEFs) is imminent.

The second half of 2013 set the scene for a long-awaited turning point in the course of the global economy.

Europe finally has agreed on the terms of MiFID II, extending its regulatory reach into fixed income, FX, OTC trading and commodity speculation. Here are seven details you need to know as implementation begins.