International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)
Smart contracts face cleared world challenge, R3 Summit hears
Follow-on contracting not legally enforceable in some jurisdictions
Non-cleared margin rules confuse Asian private banks
Exotic OTC products for Asian high-net-worth investors could be under threat
Derivatives start-up aims to cut costs at margin hub
Ex-Morgan Stanley bankers’ offering aims to reduce daily collateral flows that currently top $200bn
O’Malia: renegotiate VM docs now to avoid March mayhem
Risk USA: variation margin deadline much tougher than September 1, Isda chief warns
Netting questions linger in Asia margining rules
Hong Kong set to exempt non-netting trades from margin regime, following Australian position
Eight months needed for smooth Asia variation margin roll-out
The alternative is an unprecedented repapering exercise, writes Isda's Scott O'Malia
StanChart hires Ramambason as head of XVA
Ramambason to lead newly created XVA desk
FRTB data pooling crawls into action
Dealers voice concerns on data pooling as industry initiative to model risk factors faces significant challenges
People: O'Hara departs as Credit Suisse global markets head
Barclays poaches another JP Morgan senior executive; Berman joins Citadel Securities; and Icap hire new regulatory affairs head
March margin deadline may force clients onto new CSAs
Dealers say they lack capacity to renegotiate thousands of existing collateral agreements
Fears rise that Asia will miss March 2017 margin deadline
India, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong have yet to publish non-cleared margin rules
Non-cleared margin rules put spotlight on Blazer market hub
Trade and model mismatches will be key tests for vital margin call service
Banks prepare for bumpy ride as margin deadline looms
Banks and funds may have limited set of counterparties on September 1
Data muddle fears follow EC adoption of key Mifid RTS
Industry wants to avoid the emergence of multiple identifiers and is worried ISINs will not be adopted globally for derivatives
MVA: swaps scale new heights in complexity
Banks are turning their attention to calculating a new derivatives valuation adjustment
Smart contracts to slash time and costs, say technologists
Blockchain to deliver lucrative benefits to derivatives market, London conference hears
Non-cleared market is changing – not dying
Non-cleared swaps market faces challenges, but it is adapting, writes Isda’s Scott O’Malia
US regulators favour September margin deadline
September 1 roll-out would threaten bilateral swap trading chasm between EU and US
Standardised CSAs: no longer a matter of choice
Dealers again seeking simpler terms after 30% drop in non-cleared notionals
Benchmark misery will continue to plague banks
Index rigging caused $574 million of op risk losses in May, writes Megan van Ooyen from SAS
Isda support makes ISIN adoption all but certain
Future of alternatives in doubt as ISINs integrate Isda taxonomy
US, EU uncleared margin rules ‘impossible’ for Asia
US, EU insistence on next-day variation margin settlement criticised by Apac lenders
Hidden floor: dealers tackle negative rate CSA headaches
Banks pushing clients to remove costly interest rate floors in collateral agreements
Strength turns to weakness for old OTC market
Non-cleared notional falls $36 trillion as costs and complexity grow