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Doubt cast over whether a motion to reject two Esma regulatory technical standards will survive a plenary vote on Thursday
G-20 member South Korea made a firm commitment to meet the January 2013 deadline to clear OTC derivatives – it’s going to miss it but the Korea Exchange expects to have operations underway in the near...
It’s a nasty case of divided loyalties. On the one hand, clearing rules for over-the-counter derivatives create a new business – thousands of derivatives market participants will be relying on a couple...
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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Nobody knows how much margin will be consumed as over-the-counter derivatives move to a post-crisis regime based on central clearing and two-way collateral posting, but there is one certainty – the less an individual firm has to post, the happier it...
At the start of 2012, MarkitServ made a bet. Although the regulatory environment was still evolving, the firm – best known as a provider of middleware services that connect the varied participants in post-reform derivatives markets – decided to throw...
Roughly 2.5 million people in the Netherlands count on pension administrator PGGM to look after assets that, as of last October, were worth €128 billion. It’s a heavy responsibility, and the firm’s risk and treasury executives say it tries to repay...
Banks may be canning traders by the thousands as they look to reshape their businesses in the new regulatory environment, but there’s one resource they can’t do without: lawyers. The Dodd-Frank Act alone has spawned thousands of pages of rule-makings...
Asia's regulators have missed the G-20 deadline for central clearing of OTC derivatives, but is it any wonder given the uncertainty over clearing in the US and Europe?
Insurers are seeking greater protection for their derivatives trades, but efforts to renegotiate credit support annexes with counterparties are proving to be protracted and insurers are looking at ways to sidestep new regulatory burdens. Blake Evans-Pritchard...
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Risk.net survey think they’ll make more money from derivatives trading in 2013
Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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