Topics: swaps

Dodd-Frank’s Third Anniversary: The IT Journey To DateMay 03, 2013The Dodd-Frank Act, which turns three in July, has created more questions for IT departments than it has answered.
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EU Includes ISDA In Credit Derivatives InvestigationMarch 26, 2013The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) may have joined with investment banks to keep exchanges out of the credit derivatives market, European Union regulators said.
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The Start of Another Financial CrisisFebruary 19, 2013It's a deja-vu: the stability of the global markets could soon be under threat due to a looming crisis in the derivatives industry.
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New Head of SEC: Cross-Border Swaps Plan At Top Of AgendaJanuary 18, 2013The new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled some of her top agenda items on Friday, saying the agency will focus how to apply new swaps rules overseas and capital-raising reforms.
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SEC Proposes Capital, Margin Rules for Swap DealersOctober 17, 2012Large swap dealers would need to hold more capital, post collateral against riskier trades and take steps to protect their customers' money under new rules proposed by U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday.
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Newedge Gains Approval from CME to Clear OTC Interest Rate SwapsSeptember 04, 2012The move positions Newedge to offer central counterparty clearing services in the $441 trillion OTC interest rate swaps market.
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Asian Regulators Urge CFTC to Review Dodd-Frank Swap RulesAugust 29, 2012Market regulators from Australia to Singapore have asked their U.S. counterparts to review proposed rules on derivatives trading, pointing out the potential for conflict with domestic rules and the risks of systemic instability.
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Alliance Bernstein Began Clearing Swaps Ahead of MandateJune 14, 2012The buy-side firm is actively clearing interest rate swaps through LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear service so it can plan ahead for market structure changes and optimize its clearing solutions.
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Big Data's Role in Meeting Compliance and Regulatory ChallengesJune 01, 2012Responding to the changes in the financial industry with yesterday's data capabilities will place financial institutions at a disadvantage. Utilizing big data technologies can help firms meet financial reporting requirements, says DataArt's Oleg Komissarov
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Clearing as a Catalyst: FX Forwards, NDFs and FX Swaps Join the Modern AgeMay 23, 2012The more-robust capturing, reporting and clearing of FX forwards, NDFs and swaps should be counted as one of the more positive aspects created by the Dodd-Frank process, says Tabb Group CEO Larry Tabb.
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DTCC and EFETnet Launch 1st Global Commodity Swaps RepositoryApril 19, 2012Submission testing for Dodd-Frank Swap Data Repository (SDR) requirements will begin May 14.
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The 3 Biggest Pain Points on the Road to Swaps ClearingMarch 12, 2012Central clearing promises to bring transparency to the OTC derivatives market and reduce participants' risk. But dragging swaps out into the open is a difficult road. Here are three challenges adding to the buy side's pain -- and insight into how they can
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The 3 Biggest Pain Points in Building Central Clearing InfrastructureMarch 08, 2012Central clearing promises to bring transparency to the OTC derivatives market and reduce participants' risk. But dragging swaps out into the open is a difficult road. Here are three challenges adding to the buy side's pain — and insight into how they
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Who Do Buy-Side Firms Trust With Their Money?March 08, 2012In the absence of clear rules on customer collateral protection, the question of default risk weighs on investment managers entering the swaps clearing game, and some market participants argue that custodians offer a safer option than brokers.
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Swaps Participants Gear Up for July Reporting DeadlineMarch 06, 2012Even though the CFTC's rules pertaining to recordkeeping and swaps data reporting put the burden on dealers, asset mangers will still want systems for record keeping, monitoring, reconciliation and analytics.
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Is There a Better Alternative to Central Clearing of Swaps?March 06, 2012OneChicago Exchange offers an established exchange-traded product that could replace some types of swaps — without having to create an entirely new market infrastructure.
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NFA to Provide Regulatory Services to GFI's SEFSeptember 28, 2011GFI is contracting with NFA to provide regulatory and surveillance services to its swaps execution facility, as allowed by the CFTC.
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NorthPoint Integates OMS with ICE LinkAugust 24, 2011Asset managers can automatically send their CDS trades via NorthPoint's OMS to ICE Link for affirmation.
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Large Players Worry About Dodd Frank Swap RegsFebruary 02, 2011Goldman, BlackRock, Tradeweb and ICAP call for flexiibility in rulemaking process and correct sizing of block trades.
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Bloomberg VCON Connects Multiple CCPs for IRSOctober 21, 2010Bloomberg said VCON is the first provider to connect buy and sell side firms to multiple central clearing counterparties (CCPs) for interest rate swaps (IRS) central clearing.
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