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CDS market faces iTraxx clearing obstacle
Restructuring credit events would cause non-clearable contracts to spin out of cleared index trades
If a clearing business is part of an institution that also makes markets in over-the-counter derivatives, there are lots of things it cannot do. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) summed...
Clearing houses can call for margin multiple times a day to protect against wild markets. But the burden of meeting those calls will initially fall on member firms – potentially creating a source of...
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Banks look for tech solution to collateral crunch
With the frequency and volume of collateral calls set to increase dramatically, banks and buy-side firms alike are investing in new systems to help them manage their stock of assets in an efficient way. By Clive Davidson
KDPW_CCP: Trying to find a niche in OTC clearing
LCH.Clearnet, owner of the incumbent interest rate swap clearer, SwapClear, is facing new competitors at all levels - global, regional and local. One of the local competitors is Poland's KDPW_CCP, which is due to launch a service for zloty denominated...
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: Corporates could be source of...
Cash-rich corporates could replace capital-constrained dealers as providers of collateral transformation services, according to one asset manager
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: EU clearing mandates unlikely...
The first clearing mandates are unlikely to be in place in Europe before August 2013, says Bank of England’s head of payments and infrastructure division
Rule changes make it harder for small firms to use CCPs - Risk.net poll...
Esma's decision to make indirect clearing an optional service could leave smaller firms without clearing access, according to a poll of Risk.net readers
CFTC’s clearing timeline prompts backloading "meltdown"
A re-reading of the CFTC's phase-in rules for central clearing is prompting alarm among buy- and sell-side firms
Lack of critical mass in biomass
Growth in the use of biomass has led clearing houses to list derivatives referencing the organic fuel source, while some experimentation has also taken place within the over-the-counter markets. But these efforts are yet to yield substantial success....
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