Clearing
Isda AGM: Gensler confident clearing location requirements will not be imposed
Regulators are unlikely to insist local currency trades be cleared domestically, says CFTC chair
Isda AGM: CCPs fear clearing stampede
Market participants now have months, rather than years, until the Dodd-Frank clearing mandate takes effect - and CCPs are worrying about a last-minute rush
Isda AGM: Margin regime ups liquidity risk, buy-side firms warned
Collateral demands will be pro-cyclical - rising as markets become stressed - and will be generated by uncleared as well as cleared trades, DE Shaw treasurer tells Isda conference
US Treasury’s FX exemption hangs in the balance
A year after the US Treasury's proposed regulatory exemption for FX swaps and forwards, the position has never been confirmed - and some believe it may be reconsidered
Isda 27th Annual General Meeting Chicago 2012
End in sight?
Cross-border confusion between domestic clearing houses
Cross-border confusion
Regulators look out for clearing dodges
Out of the clear?
Each: CCPs seek safety in numbers
Each and everyone
US clearing head leaves Morgan Stanley
New York-based client clearing head leaves as OTC clearing competition hots up
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
Canada clearing paper will not address CCP location question
A consultation on OTC clearing is expected in the coming months, but a key question will not be answered
Risk Annual Summit: Central clearing divides buy side
A hammer to crack a nut, or a chance for everybody to win? Buy-side panellists disagree on the merits of central clearing
Risk Annual Summit: Buy-side firms call for clearing changes
Eligible collateral for CCP margin needs to be reviewed – and regulators also need to ensure the clearing exemption for some end-users is not negated by Basel capital rules, say buy-side firms
Ice to compete with CME and LCH.Clearnet on FX clearing
Competition in forex clearing intensifies as LCH.Clearnet receives regulatory approval and Ice explains how its rival offering will differentiate itself
CCPs need to provide margin efficiency, says industry panel
Central clearing will place a huge burden on end-users, forcing CCPs to consider how best to create operational and margin efficiencies
Custody Risk spring 2012
Welcome to the spring 2012 issue of Custody Risk
US banks could lose competitive edge in Europe, says EIB
US regulations on mandatory clearing and uncleared margin could put US dealers at a competitive disadvantage in Europe, says EIB
South African banks will struggle with CCP default fund requirements, say participants
Default fund contributions will be too onerous for South African banks, say conference participants
Ability to use custodial accounts worries OTC clearing members
Custodial accounts worry OTC clearers
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
Margin segregation
In depth: segregation introduction
FSA: facing up to cross-jurisdiction conflicts
Juggling across jurisdictions
More sovereigns edge towards two-way CSAs - and clearing
Towards two-way CSAs
Lack of liquidity in OTC derivatives market must not prevent the creation of a Korean CCP
Maintaining parity with international peers, not derivatives market liquidity, the main criterion for introducing central counterparty clearing, according to the Korean Exchange