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The Mysterious Role of the Clearinghouse

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

The idea of the clearinghouse is fairly simple. A clearinghouse acts as a middle man who will insure a financial transaction between two market parties. This definition may be simple enough, but in reality a clearinghouse is far more complex and, if it were to fail, the results could be disastrous for the economy. For

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Fragmentation v Consolidation

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

Guest Contributor: Steve Grob, Fidessa Seems like equity and other capital marketplaces are going through the ying and yang of fragmentation and consolidation. Just as we hear about another merger, we read about another new venue going live or more regulation encouraging competition. This provides market participants with a problem, especially in terms of understanding

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Achieving Operational Efficiency and Automation by Making New Friends

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

Recently we have seen financial technology providers joining forces with each other in order to create better solutions and processes that will keep financial institutions compliant with the new regulations we all face. Just last week, we saw the DTCC, MarkitSERV and AcadiaSoft join together to streamline OTC derivatives processing, and this week another new

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Another OTC Marketplace Moves Toward CCP Clearing

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

Guest Contributer: Jim Binder, Director, Public Relations, The Options Clearing Corporation In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and through the regulatory reform efforts it led to, central counterparty (CCP) clearing has drawn a lot of attention as a way to help manage risk in the over-the-counter markets. Afterall, listed markets with CCP clearing functioned

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The CFTC Gives the CME Group a ‘Time Out’

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

According to an article in the Financial Times last week, the CFTC is frustrated with the CME Group in what seems to parallel a typical adult/adolescent disagreement that arises when new rules are put in place. The disagreement stems from the mandatory position limits that are to be introduced into the futures market as outlined

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OTC Derivatives – More Regulations and Reform

June 21, 2011 by Sarah Hathaway

In case you didn’t already know, last week in Amsterdam Sibos brought together members of the financial industry to discuss topics that “matter most, across business areas, across functions and across regions.” This year one of the topics discussed were OTC derivatives and the current shift of placing more risk on the CCPs. With our

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Asia Does it Again

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

A recent study conducted by Omgeo revealed a direct correlation between the percentages of Same Day Affirmation (SDA) scores with settlement efficiency. The data for the study came from SDA scores of firms using Omgeo services representing 46 countries and averaging 24 million trades/month and settlement efficiency rates as measured by Global Custodian surveys of

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Custodian Banks See Opportunity in OTC Derivatives Regulation

June 21, 2011 by Maureen Lowe

With Sibos 2010 underway in Amsterdam, this year’s themes include regulation, rebuilding trust and recovery. And to that point, a noteworthy story came out of the first day of this year’s extravaganza. It seems in the midst of the ever-changing OTC derivatives landscape, there is a silver lining – for custodian banks that is. Even

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