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CloudMargin’s SWIFT Move Pushes Low-Touch Option

January 27, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

Cloud-based collateral management technology vendor CloudMargin reports that it is first such provider to join the SWIFT cooperative, a step that may help the company make its case to firms considering low-touch solutions to meet the non-cleared derivatives margining rules to come. By working with SWIFT, CloudMargin will adopt SWIFT connectivity and standards, says Keith… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, FinTech Trends, Standards Tagged With: Andy Davies, Basel, Basel Committee, CloudMargin, collateral management, collateral management technology, derivatives clearing, Finadium, Josh Galper, Keith Tippell, STP, straight through processing, SWIFT

DTCC Wants to Guide Blockchain’s Future in Ops

January 26, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

The DTCC is embracing with qualifications Blockchain distributed ledger technology and is signaling that settlement may be “an ideal long-term target” if the new technology can mature and scale under the tutelage of the post-trade infrastructure utility provider, which says it “is uniquely positioned to help implement this technology and increase its adoption.” DTCC officials… Read More >>

Filed Under: Collateral & Margin Management, Securities Operations, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Settlement, General Interest, FinTech Trends, Blockchain/DLT, Industry News Tagged With: Bitcoin crypto-currency, blockchain, Blockchain distributed ledger technology, Blockchain technology, collateral management, DTCC, Hyperledger project, Linux Foundation, post trade

Wipro to Acquire Viteos Group for $130 Million

January 6, 2016 by Louis Chunovic

Wipro Ltd., a Bangalore, India-based IT management, consulting and business process services (BPS) company, reports that it has agreed to acquire Viteos Group, a business-process-as-a-service (BPaaS) provider for the alternative investment management industry. The acquisition is meant to add the buy-side capabilities of Viteos to Wipro’s existing sell-side credentials, according to a Wipro statement. Viteos,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Office, Reconciliation & Exceptions, FinTech Trends, Regulatory Compliance, Industry News Tagged With: aquisition, collateral management, fintech, post-trade operations, reconciliation, settlement, Viteos, Wipro

Firms Risk Falling Behind the New Rules of Collateral

December 10, 2015 by Eugene Grygo

(Securities firms are just beginning to recognize that they have to adapt to the new rules of collateral requirements, according to market research firm Finadium, based in Concord, Mass. The firm recently released a report on the subject, “Service Providers in Collateral Management 2015: A Finadium Survey,” based upon an industry-wide survey of companies offering… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, FinTech Trends Tagged With: collateral management, Finadium, Josh Galper

New Collateral Management, Margining Rules to Sting as Regulation Takes Hold

October 8, 2015 by Eugene Grygo

Securities firms are going to feel over the coming months multiple stings of regulation via Dodd-Frank, the EU’s European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) legislation and Basel III that will cause collateral management and margining requirements and calls to skyrocket. So says industry veteran Ted Leveroni, chief commercial officer for DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd., a joint venture… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Ops Automation, Settlement, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: automation, Basel III, clearing, collateral management, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, DTCC, EMIR, Euroclear, GlobalCollateral, margin requirements, regulation, settlement, Ted Leveroni

European Regulator Pushes for More OTC Margin and Collateral Requirements

September 4, 2015 by Pauline McCallion

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in FTF News’ two-part news analysis [click here to read part one] on the changing regulatory environment for derivatives trading and processing in Europe.) The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is urging more collateral and margin management requirements as detailed in a recently published set of recommendations… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Clearing, Operational Risk, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: CCPs, collateral management, derivatives processing, derivatives regulation, EMIR, transparency

Firms Battle Black Mondays and ‘Monstrous Spikes’

September 1, 2015 by Eugene Grygo

Caution was the mantra for most securities firms as global markets are still roiling in reaction to China’s economic woes and the sudden devaluation of its currency. As for the impact on post-trade operations, the crashing and soaring volumes are straining firms that rely too heavily on staff and manual systems for processing, especially as… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Industry News, Risk Management, General Interest, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Industry News Tagged With: collateral management, deVere Group, layoffs, market crisis, Olmstead Associates, Post-Trade Processing

SimCorp Dimension Upgrade Widens Views Across Ops

August 13, 2015 by Eugene Grygo

Investment management systems and services vendor SimCorp has updated its enterprise solution SimCorp Dimension, release 5.8, and is including new support for the back office, a performance analysis manager, tighter integration with MSCI’s RiskMetrics and the introduction of a manager for investment book of record (IBOR) models, officials say. The back office module will allow… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Performance Measurement, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: collateral management, IBOR, MSCI, OTC, SimCorp

New Securities Lending Regime Spurs Rejection & Acceptance

July 28, 2015 by Ryan Boysen

Securities lending is changing, as new regulatory pressures cause firms to reevaluate whether the activity — formerly a safe, easy way to make a few basis points — is still worth the trouble, according to a new report from securities finance and asset servicing consultancy Finadium, based in Concord, Mass. Interestingly, asset managers are responding… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: collateral management, Finadium, securities lending

Lombard Risk Spotlights Colline Wins

April 28, 2015 by Louis Chunovic

London, England-based Lombard Risk Management, a provider of integrated collateral management, regulatory compliance and reporting solutions for the financial services industry, reports that its collateral management, clearing, inventory management and optimisation solution — called Colline — has tallied a “significant number of sales and ‘go-lives’ in the past few months.” Specifically, Lombard Risk notes that… Read More >>

Filed Under: General Interest, Industry News Tagged With: collateral management, compliance, data management, enterprise risk management, operations, reconciliation

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