Derivatives Market Regulation: What Are the Unintended Consequences of Reform?

Jim Allen, CFA, head of Americas capital markets policy at CFA Institute, and Eric Boess, CFA, director and global head of derivatives at RCM Allianz Global Investors, discuss the impact of derivatives reform on global derivatives trading.

Of the shift from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trades onto exchange-like structures, “The general idea to make markets more transparent and hence more stable is absolutely right. The problem is how you do it, and what you achieve on the way there might not be exactly only positive.”