Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Clearing members in cash clash with Apac CCPs
Banks and clearing houses wrangle over who should pay for losses on invested collateral
People moves: NatWest Markets in senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Splits emerge over ‘pre-cessation’ fallback triggers
CCPs say cleared swaps will move to new rates if Libor is no longer representative of markets
Swaps data: a new era of competition in interest rate futures
The demise of Libor has set off a battle for market share in futures referencing new risk-free rates
Australian exchange could shorten settlement with blockchain
ASX will seek comment on quicker settlement of cash stocks – possibly the same day
ASX to offer blockchain free to lure early adopters
Teaser intro would be for three years, while users would still be charged for Swift and AMQP connections
Digital Asset’s European chief set to exit
Departure from blockchain firm follows other top exits in last few months
Functional programming reaches for stardom in finance
Fans highlight more reliable code, and suitability for complex tasks and distributed ledgers
Clearing houses in Asia to overhaul creaking margin models
Fears of Nasdaq-style failures spur rethink of margining practices at HKEx, JSCC, SGX
Swaps data: the monopoly effect in clearing
There are only a handful of products where clearing volumes are evenly split between rivals
Digital Asset enters healthcare as blockchain questions grow
Masters’ firm quietly moves beyond finance; works with PNC Bank
People: ASX drafts in Stevens to replace ousted chief executive
Dominic Stevens new chief exec at Aussie exchange; SG's prime services Japan hire; new CROs for Axa and Allianz; and others
Barclays taps blockchain for equity swaps, options, swaptions
Regulatory capital savings offered by instant settlement of smart contracts on distributed ledgers
Aussie market clearing well ahead of April mandate
Largest onshore derivatives dealers already caught by US and European rules
ASX gets first DCO exemption from CFTC
Four Asian CCPs have applied, but Australian outfit is first to win an exemption
CCPs confront cleared swap basis threat
From Japan to Mexico, CCPs are trying to avoid repeat of CME-LCH price disparity
Lift-off for ASX Aussie dollar swap clearing business
Volumes jump following revamp of Sydney bourse's clearing incentive scheme
Slow start to ASX Australian dollar OTC derivative clearing
Exchange CEO hopeful of gaining volumes
Asia-specific Vix indexes fail to ignite market interest
Low volatility is acting as drag on the take-up of local indexes
Asia dealers review CCP risk management approaches
Shanghai Clearing House lags regional peers, say market participants
Split reaction to international firms' Asia clearing plans
Eurex's Singapore CCP finds favour with market, CME less so
Asian exchanges considering co-operation agreements to boost liquidity
Several Asian exchanges looking to set up similar deals to leaked ASX/CME proposal
Australian dark pool rules shift liquidity back to the lit market
Decline in broker-dealer dark pool volumes after Asic introduces requirements for price improvement