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Morgan Stanley quant tells Risk's annual European quantitative finance event that modelling assumptions should be considered in light of calibration needs - even if this leads to discrepancies
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Dealers say regulators have cooked up a pro-cyclical credit value adjustment capital charge that will force them to buy increasing amounts of protection in an illiquid market, regardless of changes in...
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In a world where central clearing and bilateral collateral posting are mandatory, margin efficiency will be a big draw, and one obvious way to achieve it is through cross-product margining. Unfortunately, it is difficult to achieve – and Commodity Futures...
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Build or buy? It’s a key decision in every big IT project, and the shift to over-the-counter clearing is one of the biggest the industry has ever faced. Many dealers are adapting existing in-house systems, but vendors are also pushing off-the-shelf...
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Banks profiting from a widening of their own credit spreads is causing more scrutiny of the debit value adjustment, with some viewing it as an accounting trick and others arguing it is a fact of life, however counter-intuitive it might seem. Laurie Carver...
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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 agreement. They say a lack of regulatory clarity...
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Morgan Stanley wins this year's Energy Risk Manager of the Year, Asia award due to the continued expansion of its diverse physical operations, and the tight integration of its risk management function with other areas such as corporate finance.
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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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To make the Volcker rule work, regulators will need to be able to spot proprietary trading. But although a range of indicators has been suggested, finding a way to catch prop trading without also catching some market-making and hedging activity won’t...
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