Ice trade vault europe provides update on first day of trade reporting
London--(business wire)--intercontinentalexchange group (nyse: ice), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today provided an update on the first day of european trade reporting for exchange traded derivatives (etd) and over-the-counter derivatives (otc) transactions. on the first day of trade reporting, ice trade vault europe, ice’s european trade repository, processed around 4.5 million trades across energy, agricultural commodities, metals, credit, interest rates and equity derivatives. trades and positions relating to over 300 market participants were successfully reported either directly or via delegated reporting. “many of our customers have worked tirelessly to prepare for this week’s reporting deadline and we would like to thank them for their efforts and cooperation in working hard to ensure that the first day of reporting occurred seamlessly,” said david peniket, executive director of ice trade vault europe. the european securities and markets authority (esma) approved ice trade vault europe as a trade repository for the reporting of swaps and futures trade data to meet requirements of the european market infrastructure regulation (emir) in november last year. ice trade vault europe is approved to collect trade data in the commodities, credit, interest rate and equity derivatives asset classes. unique to emir, european trade data reporting also encompasses exchange-traded derivatives (etds). ice’s exchanges and clearing houses offer delegated reporting services to streamline the submission of etds. ice trade vault europe uses ice’s proven repository technology for market participants to submit data and will connect to a range of institutions, including clearing houses, multilateral trading facilities (mtfs) and organised trading facilities (otfs). market participants adopting the ice trade vault repository technology ensure seamless integration to single front-end for global reporting obligations. these participants can leverage their existing connectivity to satisfy new reporting obligations. ice trade vault is delivering a cost-efficient global repository solution. about intercontinentalexchange group, inc. intercontinentalexchange group, inc. (nyse: ice) is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ice delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the new york stock exchange, ice futures, liffe and euronext. trademarks of ice and/or its affiliates include intercontinentalexchange, ice, ice block design, nyse euronext, nyse, new york stock exchange, liffe and euronext. information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of intercontinentalexchange group, inc. and/or its affiliates is located at https://www.theice.com/terms.jhtml and http://www.nyx.com/terms-use. safe harbor statement safe harbor statement under the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 - statements in this press release regarding ice's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. for a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ice's securities and exchange commission (sec) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ice's annual report on form 10-k for the year ended december 31, 2012, as filed with the sec on february 6, 2013. ice-corp source intercontinentalexchange
