Articles by Ramya Jaidev
Unclear on clearing in Germany
Unclear on clearing
Bloomberg: Approaching the terminal
Approaching the terminal
LCH.Clearnet splits default fund
LCH.Clearnet splits default fund
UBS: Sef aggregation 1.0
Pin money
CPSS-Iosco lifts cloud on forex options clearing
CCPs do not have to guarantee settlement, CPSS-Iosco rules - but issue could still have some way to run
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
Ability to use custodial accounts worries OTC clearing members
Custodial accounts worry OTC clearers
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
Futures markets could get OTC-style safeguards
Futures market participants expect tougher - and more expensive - collateral protections to be introduced as a result of the MF Global debacle, and the CFTC is ruling nothing out
Fast-starting Esma will still run out of time, critics say
Esma has published a discussion paper on new clearing rules just five days after the high-level text was agreed - but a quick start and a three-month deadline extension might not be enough
Eurex to offer full segregation in March launch of OTC clearing
Eurex Clearing plans to be the first OTC clearer to offer full segregation of collateral when it launches in March - demand has risen since MF Global collapse
Basel capital rules threaten client clearing
A blow to client clearing
ECB in talks with dealers on buying inflation-linked bonds
Dealers will present their case as to why the ECB should buy linkers as well as nominal bonds in a conference call today
CIBC hires Citadel's Siddique
Nadim Siddique joins CIBC World Markets as head of equity derivatives trading
Dealers call for ECB to buy inflation bonds as Italy faces exit from key index
Further downgrades for Italy would cause its inflation-linked bonds to drop out of a Barclays Capital index, prompting mass selling by fund managers, dealers fear
JSCC still keen on CCP interoperability
A plea for CCPs
Change to Japan clearing mandate ends LCH-JSCC talks
A decision to limit the scope of Japan's clearing mandate has torpedoed months of partnership talks between LCH.Clearnet and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
Despite hurdles, clearers map out forex ambitions
Clearing a way for forex
Multiple local CCPs better than one global super-CCP – Siddhartha Roy profile
The beauty of diversity
Basel proposals reduce need to sign guaranteed portability agreements
Changes to bank capital rules on CCP exposures remove the need for bank clients to enter into contractual agreements to port trades to other clearing members
CCP capital rules could discourage client clearing, critics claim
Revised Basel rules provide little capital incentive for clearing members to clear trades on behalf of clients, bankers argue
Despite hurdles, clearers map out forex ambitions
Clearing hurdles
Block trade allocations: FCMs and CCPs prepare for new regime
Block around the clock