Clearing
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
All systems go
Multiple local CCPs better than one global super-CCP – Siddhartha Roy profile
The beauty of diversity
Risk.net poll: G-20 will not meet deadline for OTC derivatives reforms
The vast majority of respondents to a Risk.net poll do not believe G-20 members will meet the end-2012 deadline for all standardised OTC derivatives to be cleared through CCPs
More clarity needed over commodities clearing in Europe
Not yet in the clear
Basel proposals reduce need to sign guaranteed portability agreements
Changes to bank capital rules on CCP exposures remove the need for bank clients to enter into contractual agreements to port trades to other clearing members
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
The cross-product margining maze
Despite hurdles, clearers map out forex ambitions
Clearing hurdles
Margin minutiae at issue in Jefferies v IDCG suit
Mire in margin minutiae
Block trade allocations: FCMs and CCPs prepare for new regime
Block around the clock
In defence of cross-product margining
In defence of cross-product margining
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
Clearing the way for IT
CFTC analysis of Dodd-Frank costs 'non-existent', says Sommers
Costs and benefits of proposals were not properly studied, according to CFTC commissioner Jill Sommers - a failing that could expose its rules to legal challenges, lawyers warn
Hong Kong to start OTC derivatives clearing and reporting in January 2013 – HKMA's Lau
Hong Kong will “tentatively” introduce centralised clearing and reporting for OTC derivatives in January 2013, said Edmond Lau, HKMA executive director, at the Isda Asia-Pacific Conference 2011
ECB threatens to stop trading swaps with US counterparties
ECB invokes US legal amendment providing it with broad immunities and says it might stop using US dealers unless granted exemptions from Dodd-Frank Act rules
BofE's Tucker: weak CCP recovery plans risk mayhem
Panellists at an EC conference in Brussels this morning warned CCPs have made little progress on detailed survival plans - leaving the system exposed
Standard CSA: Industry's solution to novation bottleneck gets nearer
New CSA, new challenge
FX Week Asia: Options clearing on hold, prime brokers confirm
Forex clearing will be restricted to non-deliverable forwards as US authorities discuss whether settlement risk can be properly managed for cleared forex options, according to speakers at the FX Week Asia conference in Singapore
Emerging markets focus to boost NDFs despite clearing costs
Growth of non-deliverable forwards market will not be hit by impending clearing laws
CCP contest starting to heat up
Give CCPs a chance
Margin models converge as CCPs battle for dealer support
Dealers say they won’t join clearing houses that are not robust – and have already blackballed one central counterparty. As a result, the initial margin methodologies employed by the big rates clearers have begun to converge. Matt Cameron reports
CCIL: The benefits of fragmentation
Fragmentation benefits