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Dealers hold counterparty limits despite ongoing Thai instability
Impact of US taper on emerging markets more significant than domestic political troubles
HSBC deregisters Asian arm as a swap dealer due to lack of US person trades
Unlikely that any Japan or Australia banks will follow suit
Availability of RMB instruments lags demand for insurance – Wim Hekstra profile
China is the driving force of Sun Life Financial Hong Kong’s business but a lack of hedging instruments is a problem, as its chief executive tells Asia Risk
G-Sifis must improve their use of risk data – SFC
Hong Kong securities regulator wants systemically important banks to improve their ERM
CBOE to extend US Vix trading to Asia hours
Extension may lead to greater range of Asia-specific volatility products
SGX becomes first Asian firm to be designated a derivatives clearing organisation
CFTC ruling comes a week after it granted qualified substituted compliance to three Asian regulatory regimes
Japan and Korea investors regain appetite for European equity-linked structures
European underlyings make up 70% of non-Japan uridashi issuance in 2013
Liquidity not margins will determine clearing house success: SGX
Competitive pressures will impact CCPs but not with respect to margins
Europe looking 'dysfunctional and extreme' over Esma equivalency procedure
No guarantee of equivalence being granted to Asian clearing houses
Footnote 513 exceeds CFTC's statutory brief: O'Malia
Failure to define a "significant or direct" threat to the US economy has brought regulatory overreach
Cross-currency margining can bring savings, says SwapClear's Michael Davie
Margin efficiency will be the main driver of success in the OTC clearing world and while cross-margining with futures has been touted as a potential game changer, the gains from this may be illusory, says Michael Davie, head of SwapClear, and chief…
ASX looks to volatility-linked products to drive Australia Vix futures liquidity
Increasing the potential liquidity pool a major aim for Australia volatility futures market
Asia OTC markets at risk from lack of global CCP framework
HKMA concerned over the development of cross-border equivalence regulation
Risk Australia: Clearing broker collateral replacement mechanisms could put asset managers in breach of client mandates
Third-party collateral requirements not acknowledged in current standard clearing broker contracts