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Margin minutiae at issue in Jefferies v IDCG suit
Jefferies is suing International Derivatives Clearing Group over claims the central counterparty’s futures contracts would replicate over-the-counter swaps – a case that turns on collateral and margin...
Big asset managers face some challenges in the move to central clearing – specifically, executing block trades and then allocating them across tens of sub-funds. Not all clearing members or central counterparties...
Panellists speaking at a derivatives industry event in Hong Kong believe Asia is unlikely to meet its obligations to have full mandatory clearing in 14 months – the deadline established in the 2009 G-20...
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Dealers see danger in CFTC's $50m clearing capital limit
CFTC says 38 FCMs would be able to act as OTC clearing members under $50 million capital limit - but dealers fear it will weaken CCPs, and call for tough membership rules to redress the balance
Standard CSA: Industry's solution to novation bottleneck gets nearer
Disputes over the valuation of trades backed by multi-currency credit support annex (CSA) agreements – allowing counterparties to post collateral in multiple currencies and assets – have pushed the industry to develop a new standard CSA. Progress...
Risk.net poll: CCPs should have access to central bank liquidity
The majority of respondents to an online poll support central bank liquidity access for CCPs, but critics argue this would be likely to lead to the break-up of multi-currency clearers
Clearing of Chilean NDFs hampered by netting uncertainty
The Central Bank of Chile has the authority to stop financial institutions netting down their transactions, which participants fear might prevent central counterparties from being able to clear contracts denominated in the Chilean peso
CME and IDCG revalue swaps using OIS discounting
Switch to OIS comes a year after SwapClear revalued parts of its portfolio
CCP contest starting to heat up
LCH.Clearnet's then-chief executive, Roger Liddell, knew what he was doing when he told Risk in April last year that the margin standards being used by one of the firm’s rivals were “bordering on reckless” (Risk May 2010, page 9). With regulators...
Margin models converge as CCPs battle for dealer support
Dealers say they won’t join clearing houses that are not robust – and have already blackballed one central counterparty. As a result, the initial margin methodologies employed by the big rates clearers have begun to converge. Matt Cameron reports...
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