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Asia most advanced in forex clearing, Europe and US lagging
Onshore mandates give Asian economies the edge in developing forex clearing
Regulatory reform hampering financial product innovation
Industry concerns over unintended consequences of tougher regulation
UK regulator updates industry on matching adjustment
Insurers left uncertain about treatment of derivatives and equity release
Hedge fund hunger perceived for geopolitical data
Real time and raw data in demand to assess geopolitical risk
Macquarie acquires Barclays US power trading book
Deal brings Australian bank deeper into North American energy markets
Shanghai RMB crude contract faces margin and legal hurdles
International players have concerns over first RMB oil contract
Athena price manipulation fine highlights risks of HFT
SEC fines HFT firm $1m for using algorithms to sway Nasdaq closes
T+2 settlement cycle transition in Europe runs smooth
US move from T+3 to T+2 next in sights, says DTCC
Today's fines will scare off tomorrow's white knights
Acquirers are being punished for actions they had no control over
Asia Risk awards 2014: The winners
The outstanding achievers in Asia's derivatives industry during 2014
Utilities face pressure to clear OTC derivatives
Non-cleared derivatives rules pushing utilities towards clearing
Back-testing expected shortfall: mission possible?
Expected shortfall is hard to back-test, critics say – but the search for a solution is underway
Hull and White on the pros and cons of expected shortfall
Expected shortfall may be more conservative than VAR, but there are backtesting and stability concerns
Fixing the cognitive problems at the root of the crisis
Decision-making failures are being tackled in three very different ways
Matching adjustment: delegated acts leave risk margin unclear
Industry still split on inclusion of spread risk in calculation
Artificial intelligence and the future of financial regulation
How intelligent machines will change the financial markets
Fed official slams ‘fantasy’ of CCP default management
McPartland: banks could not support multiple auctions if a big member firm defaults
Hedge Funds Review’s 13th Annual FoHF shortlist announced
Winners announced on the night of November 20
FCA: some energy firms botched key Emir test
Review finds “mixed bag” when counting trades towards clearing threshold
Citi takes $474 million FVA charge
US bank becomes tenth to incorporate effects of funding
Hedge funds pile into Japan dispersion trade
Rise in single stock uridashi issuance drives trade
RWE trading chief looks forward to retirement
RWE’s Judisch talks UK power, renewables and energy market defaults
EBA's Enria: stress tests complicated by multi-speed CRR
State-specific timelines are making it difficult to compare data
French regulator finds market manipulation using Emir data
Enquiry now underway, AMF official tells conference