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OFI Asset Management: Cutting the costs of clearing
Early adopters of over-the-counter derivatives clearing tended to be the big beasts of the buy-side universe, but smaller firms – such as France’s OFI Asset Management – are coming on board as well....
Pension funds tend not to have a lot of cash lying around, making it difficult for them to meet clearing house margin calls. Specialist asset manager Insight Investment is pressing for a solution. By Tom...
Banks will have a six-month grace period before they must finally start clearing by July 2014
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Australian regulators unveil criteria for mandatory clearing
Three regulators, including the RBA, reveal how they will decide whether and when to implement mandatory clearing requirements for OTC derivatives
Data shows OTC notionals shrank as clearing started in US
When a small group of firms became subject to the first US clearing mandate in March, outstanding notionals for clearing-eligible products temporarily dipped. With a larger group of firms set to start clearing in June, could it be a sign of things to...
Editorial: Clearing the way
Banks have focused their attention on central clearing – but trade reporting could prove even more problematic
China onshore OTC clearing postponed until 2014
OTC clearing onshore in China will be delayed until at least the end of 2013 or early 2014 according to an official at Shanghai Clearing House
Too much choice: The problems with Europe's plethora of segregation...
In the US, segregation of client assets is a simple matter – only one approach is allowed for over-the-counter trades. But in Europe, where there are more clearing houses, and no prescribed approach, things are messier. And it could be dealers, not...
Clearing chaos: US OTC industry braces for June deadline
With March 11 receding from view, all eyes have turned to the second stage of the US clearing roll-out. No-one knows precisely how many derivatives users will be caught this time, but estimates go as high as 2,000, and dealers, clearing houses and middleware...
Singapore set to be RMB gateway to Asean region
The recent doubling of the People’s Bank of China’s swap facility with Singapore highlights the increasing importance of the Asean region to the use of RMB – potentially giving the South-east Asian city-state an advantage over Hong Kong in the battle...
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