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Understanding the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act
… bring comprehensive regulation to the swaps marketplace. Swap dealers will be subject ..... entity that: Tends to accommodate demand for swaps from other parties Is generally available to enter into swaps to facilitate other parties' interest in …
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Welcome to Wall Street's briar patch
… Generally, in our industry we think of swaps as a financial product that exchanges fixed ..... But the CFTC takes a much wider view of swaps to include just about any transaction that ..... definition many energy products including swaps , basis swaps , options, swing contracts …
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Prepare now for regulation of OTC derivatives
… bill defines OTC derivatives as various types of swaps , and classifies firms that trade swaps by their role as swap dealer, major swap participant, or commercial end-user. Swaps Swaps are defined very broadly to include any …
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Dodd-Frank implications topic of Midstream Breakfast
… outlined by Platts Valuation Hub Managing Directors Randy Wilson and Evan Zuckert, including analysis of: · The new energy swaps market framework; · Who may be covered by the new “Swap Dealer” definition and related compliance requirements; · …
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Industry Briefs
… 160 bcfe in 2012. Javelin, CME execute and clear $4.1B of interest rate swaps in real time Javelin Capital Markets, a swaps trading platform, and the CME, a swaps clearing house, have executed and cleared over $4.1 billion of interest rates …
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BP to sell Hugoton Basin conventional gas properties to LINN Energy for $1.2B
… production associated with this transaction through 2016, or approximately five years. The company used a combination of 50% swaps and 50% puts to hedge the natural gas volumes, which preserves significant upside if natural gas prices rise. In addition …
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Rosetta Resources to allocate $590M of $640M 2012 budget to Eagle Ford activities
… 115.41 per barrel. Rosetta also added 2,750 bbls/d of NGLs for a total of 4,700 bbls/d of NGLs with fixed price swaps at an average price of $63.77 per barrel for 2012, excluding the ethane component. Natural gas hedges for 2012 and all …
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Dodd-Frank compliance forces changes in CTRM vendor-provided capabilities
… are applicable to large financial institutions, much of the focus has been on sections of Title VII pertaining to use of swaps and regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that will have the greatest impact on energy companies …
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Dodd-Frank to impact producers
… quickly. The CFTC says that all "swap" transactions must be cleared with only a few exceptions, and the definition of " swaps " under Dodd-Frank is expansive. Producers should recognize that they are becoming part of a regulated category and that …
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New ETRM Technology Aids Market Participants
… oil and gas producers and marketers employ hedging strategies to lock in prices at profitable levels. Futures contracts and swaps can be effective tools in managing price and basis risk, creating price caps, price floors, and "no-cost collars" to …