Collateral
Q&A – CFTC's Scott O'Malia
CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia shares his views with Ned Molloy on, amongst other things, systemic risk, position limits, the use of non-cash collateral and the jurisdictions of the CFTC and FERC
Pricing, Basel, Paulson & Co: the top stories of 2011 so far
A review of the top Risk.net stories during the first half of 2011
Client clearing poses acute liquidity risks
Margin jump risk
The complexity of client clearing
Client clearing complexity
Central clearing: safe as houses?
New regulations mandating the central clearing of OTC derivatives bring operational risks for central counterparties and increased exposure to systemic risk. In the second of a two-part series, ORR looks at the problems and opportunities for clearing…
JPM’s Zubrow: US margin rules 'will kill our overseas swaps activities'
US banks will be shut out of the market for uncleared derivatives, says JP Morgan's chief risk officer
Buy-side firms call for greater margin security
US FCM omnibus model needs to be strengthened for OTC derivatives, say buy-side participants at a CFTC round table
US margin proposals could lock down $2 trillion in assets
Requirement for banks to post initial margin when trading with each other will result in huge amounts of liquid assets being locked down, according to analysis by one US prudential regulator
Client clearing services slowly maturing
A clear path?
Risk Espana rankings 2011
No fiesta
Tri-party repo reforms pose new challenges
Three's a crowd
Higher collateral demands have reduced hedge fund systemic risk, say Risk Europe panellists
Panellists at Risk Europe, held in early April in Brussels, claim banks are demanding much higher levels of collateral from hedge funds today, reducing a source of systemic risk
Risk Australia Autumn 2011
Counting the costs
HKMA warns on US dollar funding risk from China corporate lending
Hong Kong branches of Chinese commercial banks are increasingly lending US dollars to state-backed enterprises. The surge in dollar demand from Chinese corporates comes as lending is squeezed onshore by Beijing's efforts to limit the credit growth of…
Isda AGM: 2011 Margin Survey shows decrease in collateral agreements
Survey released today in Prague also shows increases in portfolio reconciliation
Non-US sovereigns should collateralise swaps, say US bank regulators
Progress towards sovereign collateral posting has been slow. Now, US regulators are proposing to make it mandatory - for all non-US entities
Collateral management: Firms face up to regulatory challenge
Balancing the books
EU confusion over cash collateral rules
Collateral confusion
A practical challenge for collateral optimisation
Collateral conundrum
CPSS-Iosco proposes risk standards for CCPs
Central counterparties should be ready for failure of one or two largest customers, regulators suggest
Defining risk and return
Defining risk and return