Emir
Collateral thinking – The impact of central clearing on insurers’ assets
Sponsored roundtable: BNY Mellon
Esma calls for EC to overrule UK on forex reporting
"We need a solution," says Esma spokesman
DTCC users unable to access data after repository is overwhelmed
Emails to customers cite backlogs in rates and exchange-traded derivatives - users say repository has been "victim of its own success"
Development of LME Clear proves a test of mettle
A change of ownership and an evolving regulatory landscape have thrown up big challenges for the London Metal Exchange in its quest to clear its own trades. Trevor Spanner, the chief executive of LME Clear, speaks to Mark Pengelly about the project
LEI issuance well below targets as Emir reporting begins
Finnish issuer expects to hand out 10,000 identifiers, but had only reached 1,166 last week - and the story is similar elsewhere
Energy firms' systems not ready for regulation, survey finds
ETRM systems are ill-prepared for financial and energy market regulation, according to Energy Risk survey
Emir reporting deadline causes alarm among commodity traders
Commodity derivatives end-users hit hard by Emir reporting rules, say industry sources, especially smaller firms
Missing UTIs will cause reporting chaos, corporates warn
Regulators have left industry to come up with Emir trade identifiers - a huge mistake, according to one corporate treasurer
Thousands of derivatives users not ready for Emir reporting
Number of legal entity identifiers is sitting at 83,337 – well short of the required total, which is estimated at anything from 100,000 to one million
Corporates held up as start of Emir reporting looms
The race to report
OTC break-up may reverse - but only if rules mesh too
Nailing down mercury
European CCPs overhaul futures margin models
Some clearing houses are pushing up margin requirements to address procyclicality concerns - but no change is planned at CME or Eurex
Many firms will not meet Emir reporting deadline, says Isda's Pickel
Market participants relying on regulatory forbearance, Isda chief executive tells legal conference
Transatlantic tug-of-war puts European hedge funds in "impossible position"
Some funds will have to comply with Dodd-Frank and Emir simultaneously
Bottleneck in buy-side reporting feared
Beware the bottlenecks
HSBC, RBS and SG to offer delegated reporting
The trio join five other banks in offering to report clients' trades to a trade repository on their behalf
The readiness of market community in Europe to report to trade repositories
Sponsored video Q&A: DTCC
Back-office technology product of the year: SmartStream
The old process of reconciliation has been made newly complex by regulation. Banks want technology to solve the problem
In depth: Has the US succeeded in its OTC reforms?
The bulk of the Dodd-Frank reforms were implemented last year. Now it is Europe's turn. Is there anything Europe can learn from across the Atlantic?
Progress and peril: Dodd, Maijoor, Pirrong and more on the G-20 reforms
Last year was a landmark for the derivatives reforms laid out by the Group of 20 nations in 2009, with clearing, trading and reporting rules all coming online in the US. But it was also just the start of efforts to co-ordinate and align the rules…
FI trading revenues expected to slide further – Risk.net poll
Fixed-income trading revenues will continue to fall in 2014, believe respondents to a Risk.net poll
Frontloading fears remain despite Esma guidance
Uncertainty has been narrowed by Esma Q&A, but dealers say they will still face pricing headaches
Esma: No 90-day reporting delay for post-Emir trades
News will "come as a surprise" to market participants - and also the UK's FCA, which has misinterpreted Esma rules on its website