Custody risk
'Don't make us clear inflation swaps,' dealers plead
Market is too concentrated to cope with a default, participants warn
Liquidity not margins will determine clearing house success: SGX
Competitive pressures will impact CCPs but not with respect to margins
Malaysian banks face challenges in meeting OTC trade reporting rules
Moving to a globally recognised trade reporting standard will provide obstacles for domestic banks
CFTC cross-border guidance was not a dodge, says ex-staffer
With CFTC facing new Dodd-Frank lawsuit, former staffer defends agency's guidance – but pans staff letter that expanded its scope
Senator Crapo urges Dodd-Frank tweaks and CFTC-SEC merger
United Senate?
VAB’s Winter: Collateral rules risk derivatives and liquidity
Regulating collateral
Congress could make Dodd-Frank changes in 2014, says Crapo
Democrats and Republicans finding common ground on issues including swaps push-out, says senator
SEC extends interim CDS portfolio margin rule
Buy-side firms angry about continuing margin disparity and uncertainty
Europe looking 'dysfunctional and extreme' over Esma equivalency procedure
No guarantee of equivalence being granted to Asian clearing houses
Footnote 513 exceeds CFTC's statutory brief: O'Malia
Failure to define a "significant or direct" threat to the US economy has brought regulatory overreach
PRA protects clearing from leverage ratio hammer-blow
Banks say leverage exposure "could be halved" after PRA acts to safeguard business
SEB's Fors: T2S threatens custody offerings
Custody conundrums
Nigerian CSD: derivatives, CCP and securities lending in 2014
At Nigeria's third Capital Market Committee retreat this week, the head of the country's central securities depository reports on progress liberalising the market - and dealing with unclaimed dividends
BoE's Carney: liquidity support for CCPs is a 'last-resort option'
BoE governor insists clearing houses must have enough liquidity to cope with default of two big member firms
BNP Paribas wins mandates across four continents
Mandate watch
Iosco outlines concerns over Esma assessment of Asian CCPs
Ashley Alder says European cross-border CCP regulation is not relevant to Asian markets
SwapClear to restart compression in leverage boon for banks
Banks hope for leverage exposure relief after interest rate swap clearer fixes clash with CFTC rules
Sponsored forum: sub-custody - Preparing for change
Sponsored forum: sub-custody
Ucits derivatives use hamstrung by collateral rules
Asset managers call on regulators to amend Ucits rules
Initial margin to significantly impact development of Asian derivatives markets: Asifma
Asifma head Austen wants exclusion of initial margin from Asian jurisdictions’ derivatives market regulation
Winners announced for Custody Risk European Awards 2013
The winners of the Custody Risk European Awards 2013 were unveiled at an awards ceremony in central London on November 20
CCPs face $161 billion liquidity shortfall to clear FX options, GFXD finds
Results of an industry study reveal the scale of the liquidity burden that would fall on CCPs clearing physically delivered forex options – but a net settlement mechanism could reduce the number by 73%
Asian dealers 'disappointed' by CFTC clarification of footnote 513
CFTC makes clear swaps between non-US swap dealers and non-US clients will be caught by Dodd-Frank if they are arranged, negotiated or executed by US personnel