Clearing
CCPs need thicker skins - Citi analysis
Analytical approach suggests CCPs should be putting more of their own capital at risk
FCMs try to ‘off-board’ credit and commodity funds
Fee hikes are being used to drive out clients that hog capital
Regulators cool on plans to change leverage exposure sums
SA-CCR is mooted successor to 27-year-old CEM, but sensitivity may count against it
SEC finds no evidence of lost liquidity in single-name CDSs
Quant Congress USA: data shows stable liquidity for clearable CDSs, official claims
Shrinking ranks of swaps clearers could see new entrants
NFA official says "a couple" of firms have filed applications to open a swaps FCM
Fed official defends clearing incentives report
Risk Derivatives Clearing: pilloried report was "clearly useful", says clearing official
Singapore clearing mandate timed to avoid US/Europe overlap
With sufficient clearing options now available MAS is ready to set out clearing mandate
Target2-Securities: so far, so good as first systems go live
Pan-European securities settlement platform goes live on time and with minimum disruption
UOB Bullion and Futures aims for global clearing role
Singapore broker sees opportunity in banking's changing competitive landscape
Bond-CDS basis trades have 'stopped working', hedge funds say
Arbitrageurs have exited trades, leaving basis structurally higher
Nomura exec: client clearing scale insufficient outside Japan
Competition is set to intensify for Japan OTC clearing market as Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank starts client clearing
CME-LCH basis to persist, say dealers
Banks not convinced by CME plans to lure dealers from LCH.Clearnet
CCP wrangling sparks new frontloading fears
Dealers fear trades could be booked at CCPs they are not able to use
Q&A: Iosco’s Medcraft on CCP stress testing
CPMI-Iosco launch fact-finding mission on CCP risk management
Don't rush leverage ratio clearing fix, warns BoE
David Bailey cautions against a "knee-jerk reaction"
Who will be the dummy in CCP crash-tests?
Clearing houses, banks and regulators could all be caught in the wreckage
CCP stress-test rifts emerge as review gets underway
Banks, clearing houses and regulators all divided on question of standardised tests
Eurex looks to provide third-party clearing services in Asia
German firm aiming to support regional clearing market with one central offering
FCA survey finds high levels of leverage in hedge fund sector
Gross notional exposure to interest rate and forex derivatives on the rise
New clearing casualty as BNPP's Dixon departs
French bank, JP Morgan and Nomura have all lost senior clearing execs in past month
Norwegian adoption of Emir to fix cross-border clash
EU banks will be required to clear Nkr swaps – Norwegian banks currently are not
CME-LCH basis affecting choice of venue, say buy-siders
Pimco: price gap is now “material”; Eaton Vance says lowest cost is key factor
Risk España Survey 2015: All quiet on the clearing front
Almost two-thirds of respondents say they are not clearing OTC swaps, up from 53% in 2014
Custody Risk Summer 2015
Opportunities in repo and stock lending for new players