External Meetings: Meeting with ICAP

External Meetings: Meeting with ICAP

Participants discussed SEF execution methods, block trades, and available to trade issues.  ICAP requested clarification about using voice as a method to execute trades if firm bids and offers are available on a SEF's screen.  ICAP requested clarification about "work ups" and if this feature could be part of any voice based or hybrid system.

External Meetings: Appropriate Minimum Block Sizes for Swaps

External Meetings: Appropriate Minimum Block Sizes for Swaps

Javelin Capital Markets presented their view of several approaches to determining appropriate minimum block sizes for swap transactions.  Specifically, Javelin suggested that the Commission should consider determining appropriate minimum block sizes for USD-denominated interest rate swaps by tenor as a function of (1) market depth, as measured by available liquidity, (2) market breadth, and/or (3) a multiple of the average trade size or "screen size."  The Swaps and Derivatives Market Association, an industry group that represents Javelin and others, subsequently drafted a