Articles by Tom Osborn
OTC earthquake shaking up futures clearing
Stick or twist
Eurex may copy CME swap futures
German exchange seeking legal advice on scope of Goldman Sachs patent behind CME's interest rate swap futures
Insight Investment: The need for non-cash variation margin
Pension funds tend not to have a lot of cash lying around, making it difficult for them to meet clearing house margin calls. Specialist asset manager Insight Investment is pressing for a solution. By Tom Osborn
Too much choice: The problems with Europe's plethora of segregation models
In the US, segregation of client assets is a simple matter – only one approach is allowed for over-the-counter trades. But in Europe, where there are more clearing houses, and no prescribed approach, things are messier. And it could be dealers, not…
SEC forces Ice into single-name CDS clearing U-turn
Clearing house has been told its own rules prevent it from shelving buy-side clearing for single-name CDS contracts