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Industry slams 'unworkable' Esma proposals on indirect clearing
Clearing members would be forced to guarantee trades executed by their clients' clients - on terms the member firms have not agreed
A number of downgraded banks are required to find swap counterparty replacements for over 300 structured finance transactions – but this is proving difficult, with few candidates willing or able to step...
Proposals to require derivatives users to post initial margin on uncleared trades will cause many end-users to stop using derivatives, say a majority of survey respondents
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Acclaimed new TriOptima service may not have a future
Stockholm-based TriOptima has designed a way to transfer unclearable risk into a central counterparty. All the company has to do now is convince the world’s regulators to change their rules. By Michael Watt
US counterparty limits threaten OTC clearing push
The US Federal Reserve Board is proposing to limit exposures to single counterparties at a time when regulation is moving more risk into clearing houses. It’s a clash that needs to be resolved, banks say. By Lukas Becker
Credit Suisse: Algorithmic gymnastics
Credit value adjustment (CVA) is not just a capital burden – the complexity of the calculations involved is also pushing banks’ processing resources to the limit. With traders needing up-to-date CVA numbers in real time, the industry is frantically...
Risk 25 firms of the future: Central counterparties
Clearing houses are the bit-part actors that find themselves thrust into a leading role – a result of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations pledge to overhaul over-the-counter derivatives markets and untangle the web of bilateral exposures that exists today....
Risk 25 firms of the future: TriOptima
There is still room for big ideas in the over-the-counter derivatives market, but it’s a sign of the times that one of this year’s most creative new ventures is, essentially, an attempt to synthetically clear uncleared OTC products. TriOptima calls...
Relief for dealers as Basel reins in capital for cleared trades
Basel Committee addresses long-standing complaints over default fund exposures and client clearing
US large exposures rule could stop banks trading with RBS
Federal Reserve proposals limiting counterparty risk could put RBS and the UK government in one pot – potentially forcing US banks to cut exposure to both
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