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Industry and regulators have made progress towards an ambitious global system of unique identifiers that could help avert future crises – but there is still a lot to debate, and time is running out
Exotic commodity derivatives will become even less attractive to the Asian market following Ice's move to transform swaps to futures
International regulators and central banks trying to avoid "nightmare" of fragmented clearing system
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Singapore becomes the first exchange in Asia to implement Iosco principles
Advances in post-trade reconciliation processes have traditionally been slower in the commodity and energy markets than in other asset classes but are beginning to catch up due to improved technology and regulatory pressures, finds Gillian Carr
Growing demand for collateral means the ability to offer margin efficiency will be a big competitive advantage for derivatives clearing houses. But critics fear the industry will be left with a collateral shortfall in a crisis
Over-the-counter derivatives have been a popular way for many buy-side firms to take or hedge risk for more than two decades, but they may be about to lose their appeal. Regulatory reform will impose new capital and liquidity constraints on banks, which...
Ask anyone in the derivatives industry to name the firms they think will help shape the market’s future, and the list will almost certainly include CME Group. The exchange already has a dominant share in financial futures open interest in the US, and...
Many in the industry suspect there will eventually be consolidation in the over-the-counter clearing space, but few predicted that trend would begin before mandatory clearing regulations even came into effect. If LCH.Clearnet’s acquisition of International...
When applying for regulatory approval at the end of 2010, New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) pitched the centrepiece of its strategy – a cross-entity, portfolio-margining capability – as a way to inject competition into the US interest rate futures...
This handy guide reviews the various steps banks are taking to improve their risk management techniques, looking at the benefits and pitfalls of each one.
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