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Buy side pushes back on Aussie dollar swap clearing
Small firms reluctant to clear due to margin costs
Co-operative Bank warns of risks after losing £1.3 billion in 2013
Low profits and risk concerns predominant in report by UK-based bank
Collateralisation jumps by a fifth - Isda margin survey
Corporates lag other participants; less than a third collateralising
Small corporates not reporting derivatives trades: Bafin
Enforcement of Emir reporting rules will be gradual, regulator says
Emir reporting launch was satisfactory – Esma’s Petrenko
Despite problems, Esma official says reporting roll-out went "pretty well"
Pimco weighs use of interdealer order books
Fixed-income giant ‘looking at all possible venues’ in search for liquidity
Repo costs rising as a result of leverage ratio
Low-margin, high-notional products being repriced says Pimco's Bill De Leon
Eurex takes aim at SwapClear in clearing cost study
German CCP cites cross-product efficiency as chief advantage
Barclays' Harrison calls for phased start to clearing in Europe
Staggered roll-out was key to success of clearing rules in US, says securities co-head
Euro swaps flee Sefs
Isda research finds Sef-driven liquidity split, with US dollar volumes growing and others shrinking
Isda hoping to detoxify derivatives
First day of conference pushes pro-swaps message
Corporate hedgers fear OTC liquidity drain
End-user exemptions could prove Pyrrhic victory, says treasury head
Frankel: new QIS needed to avoid pro-cyclical margin
Future crisis could see non-cleared swap margin double, says Goldman exec
UK structured products complaints fall on improved education
Barclays structured product falls foul of financial ombudsman
Buy side may need ‘persuasion’ to give up termination rights
Bafin's König says early terminations could make bank resolution impossible
Eurex and Taifex to launch cross-listed CNH derivatives
Frankfurt exchange expands its co-operation agreements with Taifex
UniCredit's Mustier ‘frightened’ by CCP capital levels
Clearing members pressure CCPs to put more of their own money at stake
Own funds rule will reduce reported solvency ratios, say insurers
Industry says European Commission proposal will have negative side effects
New York defies NAIC on principle-based reserving
Superintendant Lawsky introduces new formula-based methodology
UK power market licence changes ‘no silver bullet’
Ofgem hopes moves will boost liquidity for small suppliers
Hedge funds reluctant to use Jobs Act
Traditional methods of gathering assets favoured by managers
Brevan and BlueCrest funds may be 'non-financials' under Emir
Swaps reforms may not apply directly to firms with non-EU offices
ECB calls for lighter treatment of high-quality ABS
Bank of England and ECB to promote coherent approach to ABS regulation
Repo desks up in arms about NSFR
Draft rules would add an estimated 60 basis points to the cost of some overnight repo