Margin
Uncleared margin rules threaten E&P hedging
Pushed to the margins
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: Collateral squeeze is a danger, says buy-side panel
Buy-side firms argue new regulations will create a collateral squeeze – despite claims by a Bank of England official that the fears are overplayed
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: CCP model secrecy is ‘wrong and unjustifiable’, says BoE official
CCPs should be required to make details of their models public, says the Bank of England’s payments and infrastructure division head
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: No need to panic about collateral supply, says Bank of England
Isda estimates that mandatory clearing and margin could require the posting of up to $30 trillion of initial margin have been inflated, not least because of a likely exemption for forex swaps and forwards, according to a senior BoE official
SEC capital rules could stunt CDS client clearing
One bank claims to have stopped work on its CDS client clearing service in the US over SEC capital rules - and others share those concerns
Indirect clearing: The capital conundrum
Draft European Securities and Markets Authority rules on indirect clearing caused uproar when they appeared in June. The regulator removed the most controversial elements in its final text, but dealers are still in the dark about the capital treatment…
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Joint solution needed on intraday margin calls, says panel
Dealers, clients and clearing houses need to work together to resolve problems caused by intraday margin calls, say panellists
End-users will stop using derivatives – Risk.net poll
Proposals to require derivatives users to post initial margin on uncleared trades will cause many end-users to stop using derivatives, say a majority of survey respondents
Acclaimed new TriOptima service may not have a future
In the balance?
Risk 25: The search for margin efficiency
Margin efficiency: The new battleground
Risk 25 firms of the future: State Street
Taking on the Street
Risk 25 firms of the future: BlackRock
‘Jury out’ on OTC derivatives
Risk 25 firms of the future: LCH.Clearnet
Open to acquisitions
Risk 25 firms of the future: NYPC
One pot, three CCPs
WGMR margin rules borrow heavily from US proposals
Working group publishes proposed margin rules for uncleared trades – bringing global rules in line with an earlier US proposal
Q&A: William Dudley on global CCP standards
Central counterparties are about to take centre stage in the revamped over-the-counter derivatives markets – a development that has given rise to a set of global principles for their management and supervision. William Dudley, president of the Federal…
Lehman Brothers ruling changes equation for creditors and clients
Protection racket
SwapClear changes expulsion rules
SwapClear changes expulsion rules
Isda AGM: Euro crisis drives up collateral, finds survey
Trouble in the eurozone is increasing collateral in over-the-counter derivatives market, according to Isda
Isda AGM: Deadline for global uncleared margin proposals likely to be met, says panellist
A Federal Reserve deputy associate director says he is confident regulators will meet a June deadline to draw up a consultation paper on global margin standards for uncleared trades
Challenges and opportunities for Isda in 2012
Challenges and opportunities
To clear or not to clear? Corporates urged to weigh options
Despite hard-won exemptions, corporates should consider the pros and cons of clearing, according to panellists at an ACT event - but treasurers remain unconvinced
White House seeks tools to fight ‘excessive’ oil speculation
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama launched a new initiative aimed at curbing speculation in energy markets, arguing that it would help ease the pain of high gasoline prices. He urged Congress to give the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission …