Futures commission merchant (FCM)
Bundle in the jungle: Cut-price OTC clearing threatens competition
Bundle in the jungle
Segregation clash could stop European firms using US CCPs
Segregation clash
SEC capital rules could stunt CDS client clearing
One bank claims to have stopped work on its CDS client clearing service in the US over SEC capital rules - and others share those concerns
Standard docs may not prevent clearing contract crunch
Preventing a clearing contract crunch
Client clearing: Soaring volumes disguise scary workload
Not clear yet
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Buy side bemoans ‘lowest common denominator’ treatment
Pension and insurance firms complain CCPs treat them the same as hedge funds
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Industry will struggle to meet clearing deadlines
Buy-side firms will struggle to finish legal and operational work ahead of US mandated clearing deadlines – and they are not the only ones, says panel
What will clearing cost?
What will clearing cost?
Industry slams 'unworkable' Esma proposals on indirect clearing
Clearing members would be forced to guarantee trades executed by their clients' clients - on terms the member firms have not agreed
Risk 25 firms of the future: State Street
Taking on the Street
Risk 25 firms of the future: Newedge
'Fair and unconflicted' but under pressure
Risk 25 firms of the future: Citadel
OTC market-maker in waiting
Relief for dealers as Basel reins in capital for cleared trades
Basel Committee addresses long-standing complaints over default fund exposures and client clearing
PFGBest bankruptcy fuels calls for stronger protection of customer funds
The collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, which comes just nine months after the bankruptcy of MF Global, has raised the pressure on US regulators to boost protection of customer funds held by futures commission merchants
CCP recovery and resolution: New tools, but no rules
Apocalypse never?
CCP resolution plans start to take shape
LCH.Clearnet's re-launched CDS clearing service adopts a loss-sharing mechanism - in line with a "last gasp of breath" approach outlined in an Isda letter to the Bank of England
MarkitServ and Traiana vie to build clearing utilities
Middleware firms set to compete in creation of credit-checking hub - but critics say rival utilities would undermine the service
Clearing certainty
In depth: clearing certainty introduction
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
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
CFTC rule sounds death knell for FIA-Isda trilateral give-ups
Final rule forbids documentation revealing identities or limiting counterparty choice
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking