Tom Osborn
Editor, Risk benchmarking
Tom is Risk.net's benchmarking editor, responsible for editorial projects that help firms measure their performance against one another and share best practice. He was the launch editor of Op Risk Benchmarking, Risk Scenarios and the Quant Finance Master's Guide. He was previously desk editor for Risk.net’s risk management coverage.
Prior to joining Risk, he reported on the futures and foreign exchange industries for Dow Jones' Financial News and the Euromoney group.
Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Warwick, UK.
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Articles by Tom Osborn
EU-US split here to stay, exchange heads fear
Eurex's Preuss and CME Group's Gill warn on regulatory asymmetry
Global work needed on swap data – US Treasury official
Regulators struggling to use fractured reports, says OFR's Mosser
Transatlantic swap liquidity split persists – Risk.net poll
US rules have broken the swap market in two, according to 60% of respondents to a poll
SwapClear dealers cede control as CCP seeks Emir approval
Clearer’s founding banks – OTCDerivNet – no longer have powers of direction
"Worst trade of all time" pits Santander against Portuguese client
Interest rate swap with €79 million notional is nearly half a billion euros underwater
CME Clearing Europe: Scale will count, says Betsill
New chief exec prepares for "intense" European clearing fight
Collateralisation jumps by a fifth - Isda margin survey
Corporates lag other participants; less than a third collateralising
Euro swaps flee Sefs
Isda research finds Sef-driven liquidity split, with US dollar volumes growing and others shrinking
Wider clearing scope will create risk, warns Goldman exec
Industry would struggle to hedge risk following a dealer default, says Goldman's Frankel
End-users believe Sefs will hurt swap market – Isda survey
Requirement to use new trading platforms will make market more costly, less liquid, end-users say
Counting the cost of reform – Isda end-user survey
Systemic risk is down, but not due to G-20 reforms, say end-users
Nasdaq OMX to decide on forex clearing by mid-2014
Clearer is talking to banks about possible service
How to game a Sef: Banks fear arrival of arbitrageurs
Liquidity could suffer if sharp practice takes root in Sef markets
US energy futures may be forced out of UK CCPs
Cross-border clash threatens contracts cleared at Ice Clear Europe and LCH.Clearnet
Probable new CFTC chair 'no ideologue', say former colleagues
Dealers hope Timothy Massad's reputation as a problem-solver will lead to greater collaboration on cross-border regulation
Who is Timothy Massad?
He cooks, he’s quiet, he’s confident, and he will cope with everything Wall Street throws at him. That is the picture painted by former colleagues – and adversaries – of the US Treasury Department’s Timothy Massad, probable new chairman at the Commodity…
Sefs not expecting a big bang from Mat spark
As the Sef trading mandate arrives, platforms are primed for a jump in volumes – but with many clients currently avoiding Sefs, it may be a small bang, rather than a big one. Tom Osborn reports
Tradition and Tullett Prebon draw fire in Sef volumes flap
Market is split on how to report volumes for multi-legged trades
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
OTF transparency waivers survive final Mifid debate
European disclosure regime for derivatives platforms diverges from that in US
Emerging markets dealer of the year: Standard Bank
Standard Bank is a big player in its home market, with good international ties - now, the idea is to use those strengths to support the development of sub-Saharan Africa