Custody top story
Ice members split over new client clearing model
Dealers fear mutualised exposure in 'sponsored principal' model
FX market faces challenges to meet Emir start date for trade reporting
Mandatory trade reporting for all asset classes will begin on February 12, but the forex industry is still grappling with the challenges of dual reporting
SGX proposes to remove unlimited liability for CCP clearing fund
Singapore CCP looks to strengthen its risk management approach
Fed discount window could resolve CCP collateral liquidity concerns, say clearers
US regulatory concerns about liquidity of government securities collateral could be resolved by access to the Fed’s discount window, CCP officials say
CME threatens to flee US as regulators challenge liquidity of US Treasury collateral
US CCPs may need committed funding to count US Treasury collateral as liquid
Bank of England calls for greater transparency on CCP margin modelling
CCPs should have complete transparency on risk to prevent margin-related failures
CFTC backs down on FCM residual interest rule
CFTC softens post-MF Global reforms to rules on segregated customer funds held by futures brokers
Asia Risk Congress: Asian dealers switch to London venues following Sef introduction
Sef rules are leading to regulatory arbitrage according to Asia industry players
Asia Risk Congress: Iosco's Singh calls for global regulatory institution
Global regulations need a worldwide regulatory body to monitor to them
Fatca FFI draft agreement finally released
Long-awaited document sheds light on compliance requirements
Pooled fund clearing questions vex CVA desks
Dealers and pension funds still waiting for clarity on whether hedging vehicles are covered by Europe's swap clearing exemption
Standardisation needed in Sef reporting conventions
Sefs agree a lack of clarity on reporting requirements has created an inconsistent and fragmented view of trading activity
Risk USA: Deutsche Bank's 'painful' living will process
German bank tells of challenges posed by regulators' recovery and resolution requirements
Risk USA: Standardised regulation will cause systemic risk, warns senior UBS risk controller
Regulators' efforts to prevent another crisis are having the opposite effect
Risk USA: Footnote 88 prompts BlackRock to abandon NDF platforms
Asset manager returns to phone trading after electronic execution in foreign exchange contracts is forced onto Sefs
Risk USA: Few options to manage CCP exposure, says RBS chief credit officer
Senior executives at RBS have weighed up the bank's potential exposure to CCPs
Risk USA: Foreign banks cannot escape swap dealer status, warns CFTC's Barnett
The "day will come" when CFTC tries to ensure compliance by foreign banks that have not registered as swap dealers
Asia OTC markets at risk from lack of global CCP framework
HKMA concerned over the development of cross-border equivalence regulation
Libor set to remain as benchmark rate for OTC derivative contracts
Legacy issues and the lack of alternative benchmarks mean Libor will remain the default benchmark of choice for OTC transactions
Clearing in Europe won’t bite until 2015, banks expect
CFTC's Chilton says "continuing to kick the can down the road is just not acceptable", as expectations grow that Europe will miss 2014 start date
Custody Risk announces shortlist for European Awards 2013
The shortlist has been announced for the Custody Risk European Awards 2013
Banks put ‘lazy’ assets to work in first initial margin agreements
Banks tout 'tremendous' capital savings as Bank of America, Barclays, Citi and other swap dealers start using illiquid assets as initial margin
Clearing of physical FX in China and India a concern, says GFXD’s Ngai
Global forex division managing director David Ngai warns of the challenges associated with centrally clearing physically delivered foreign exchange products
Leverage and CCP capital proposals will hurt clearing – Risk.net poll
Four fifths of respondents to a new Risk.net poll think proposed changes to the leverage ratio and CCP capital rules will make it uneconomical to become a clearing member