Margin
OTC clearing service of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
OECD debt offices call for derivatives collateral debate
New report calls for debt offices to weigh the pros and cons of two-way collateral and clearing
HK margin rules on uncleared swaps should include exemptions, say market participants
HK margin rules on uncleared swaps should include exemptions, say market participants
Risk software survey 2011
Compliance is key
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
Pushed to the margins
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
The cross-product margining maze
From micro to macro: Basel III tools eyed as systemic risk controls
Keeping the lid on
Margin minutiae at issue in Jefferies v IDCG suit
Mire in margin minutiae
In defence of cross-product margining
In defence of cross-product margining
Isda: Inconsistency among regulators worrying
Dodd-Frank's extraterritoriality and supervisory focus on market structure reforms that will not deliver systemic risk reduction are concerns, says Isda chair Stephen O’Connor
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
Follow the leader?
Energy Risk Europe: regulators need to differentiate between banks and non-banks
Regulators should be wary about applying financial market regulation to all end-users, warn panellists
CCP contest starting to heat up
Give CCPs a chance
Margin models converge as CCPs battle for dealer support
Dealers say they won’t join clearing houses that are not robust – and have already blackballed one central counterparty. As a result, the initial margin methodologies employed by the big rates clearers have begun to converge. Matt Cameron reports
Bank of England's FPC seeks to unlock Basel III tool-kit
Systemic risk committee at the Bank of England calls for power to use tools - such as liquidity and leverage ratios, and margin standards - to influence systemic risk
CCPs should be more transparent with margin models, say dealers
Dealers say CCPs need to be more transparent about how they calculate margin – including making their models fully accessible
Political pressure will come to bear on US margin rules – Risk.net poll
More than half of respondents expect regulators to back down over extraterritoriality application of margin rules
A trust deficit: why regulators need to rely on each other
Trust, but verify
Foreign regulators leave US isolated on uncleared margin rules
The extraterritorial application of US uncleared margin proposals will make it tough for US banks to compete with their foreign counterparts unless the proposals are copied by regulators elsewhere
NYSE Liffe: one pot to rule them all
One pot to rule them all
LCH to become more commercially driven, says Axe
Commercially driven
US 'shooting itself in foot' with derivatives margin rules - Issa
Congressman Darrell Issa attacks margin rules that threaten to isolate US banks. Foreign regulators say they have no plans to copy the proposals