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Custody Risk announces shortlist for Global Awards 2016
Shortlist for the Custody Risk Global Awards 2016 is published
Esma set to backtrack on mandatory asset segregation
Maintaining the status quo would avoid disrupting securities financing and collateral reuse
Clamour grows for US Treasuries clearing mandate
HFT default could destabilise interdealer markets, participants fear
New hedge fund plans on grabbing flash-crash profits
Manager says systemic risk has reduced, creating opportunity in sell-offs
LCH to revise margining after Brexit backlash
Excess intra-day margin will offset other collateral calls from November 3
CCPs defend direct clearing models for the buy side
FCMs unsure if direct margin posting will deliver capital savings
LCH under scrutiny after outsized Brexit margin calls
Intra-day calls criticised by banks; FIA working group pushing for change
Banks test blockchain potential for real-time market surveillance
Regulators can monitor a million active trades and hundreds of messages per second in swap test
How banks weathered the money market storm
Bank funding desks tapped standalone accounts and offshore investors for cash as prime funds slumped
Asset managers lead the charge for voluntary clearing
Voluntary clearing volumes jump 80% as non-cleared margin rules take effect
Asia warned to learn lessons on non-cleared margin rules
Experts say Asian participants must intensify preparations for implementation deadline
Data providers wrestle with systematic internaliser status
Covering 80% of venues is considered enough to approximate total market size under Mifid II
Pension funds cautioned on equity-bond correlation
Buy-siders need to plug changes into VAR, say risk managers
Margin rules lead to NDF clearing surge
Banks look to finally clear forex products, but options remain a challenge
CME set to clear CMBX index swaps
Product to clear next year amid fears of falling liquidity from new non-cleared margin requirements
Blockchain: a solution looking for a problem
While new financial technologies show considerable promise, many proposed applications are either naive or miss the mark outright
UK repo decline sparks NSFR tussle in Europe
BoE and EC concerned about repo liquidity, but Basel Committee unlikely to budge
Dependence on collateral raises vital research questions
Areas of focus should include collateral supply, reuse and circulation
Banks missing margin transfer deadline due to timezone clash
Euroclear shuts at 12:15pm New York time, causing some US banks to miss T+1 cutoff
Ultra-short funds see opening in money market reforms
US asset managers aim to capitalise as investors move cash from money market funds
BoE lays out blueprint for RTGS reboot
Central bank plans “comprehensive rebuild” of payments platform
Icap plans to streamline SSI processing through automation
AI and blockchain may not be way forward, sceptics warn
EU net margin rules are riskier than US regime, warns CFTC
Commission’s Bandman raises margin financing as emerging systemic risk to CCPs
Fintech firms seek to apply blockchain to commodities
Potential uses range from tracking physical assets to payment systems for rooftop solar