Emir
Thousands of derivatives users not ready for Emir reporting
Number of legal entity identifiers is sitting at 83,337 – well short of the required total, which is estimated at anything from 100,000 to one million
Corporates held up as start of Emir reporting looms
The race to report
OTC break-up may reverse - but only if rules mesh too
Nailing down mercury
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
Transatlantic tug-of-war puts European hedge funds in "impossible position"
Some funds will have to comply with Dodd-Frank and Emir simultaneously
Bottleneck in buy-side reporting feared
Beware the bottlenecks
HSBC, RBS and SG to offer delegated reporting
The trio join five other banks in offering to report clients' trades to a trade repository on their behalf
The readiness of market community in Europe to report to trade repositories
Sponsored video Q&A: DTCC
Back-office technology product of the year: SmartStream
The old process of reconciliation has been made newly complex by regulation. Banks want technology to solve the problem
In depth: Has the US succeeded in its OTC reforms?
The bulk of the Dodd-Frank reforms were implemented last year. Now it is Europe's turn. Is there anything Europe can learn from across the Atlantic?
Progress and peril: Dodd, Maijoor, Pirrong and more on the G-20 reforms
Last year was a landmark for the derivatives reforms laid out by the Group of 20 nations in 2009, with clearing, trading and reporting rules all coming online in the US. But it was also just the start of efforts to co-ordinate and align the rules…
FI trading revenues expected to slide further – Risk.net poll
Fixed-income trading revenues will continue to fall in 2014, believe respondents to a Risk.net poll
Frontloading fears remain despite Esma guidance
Uncertainty has been narrowed by Esma Q&A, but dealers say they will still face pricing headaches
Esma: No 90-day reporting delay for post-Emir trades
News will "come as a surprise" to market participants - and also the UK's FCA, which has misinterpreted Esma rules on its website
VAB’s Winter: Collateral rules risk derivatives and liquidity
Regulating collateral
New FCA deadline for power and gas forwards ‘more realistic’, says industry
A decision to delay a deadline for brokers to review their classifications of physically settled gas and power forwards by two months has been welcomed by industry participants
More firms expect technology spending increase in 2014
Rising expectations
Iosco outlines concerns over Esma assessment of Asian CCPs
Ashley Alder says European cross-border CCP regulation is not relevant to Asian markets
Ucits derivatives use hamstrung by collateral rules
Asset managers call on regulators to amend Ucits rules
Pooled funds in clearing limbo
Pension funds will not have to clear in Europe until at least mid-2015, but what about the vehicles some use to scale up their hedging transactions? As things stand, lawyers are giving different answers – and the industry wants regulators to clarify the…
Risk Italia Survey 2013
Italy awaits regulatory clearing certainty
Risk Italia Rankings 2013
Plain sailing for Barclays in Italy