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BNP Paribas & ISDA Test Digital Reporting to CFTC

November 9, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

BNP Paribas & ISDA Test Digital Reporting to CFTC

French banking giant BNP Paribas and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) report that in a bid to transform post-trade operations for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives they “successfully implemented and tested” a way to facilitate the digital reporting of swaps data that conforms to revised rules to come from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Risk Management, Governance, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, CFTC, compliance, data management, isda, ISDA Common Domain Model, OTC derivatives, Securities Operations, swaps

ISDA’s CDM Pilot Clears Interest Rate Derivatives

October 7, 2020 by FTF News

ISDA’s CDM Pilot Clears Interest Rate Derivatives

Pilot Also Uses the Digital Asset Modeling Language ISDA’s Common Domain Model (CDM) was part of a proof-of-concept implementation that clears interest rate derivatives with the help of an open-source smart contract language, the Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML) from vendor Digital Asset, officials say. “Using the CDM for clearing and deploying it on a… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Settlement, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Broadridge Financial Solutions, CFTC, corporate bond, DAML, Digital Asset, DLT, isda, SS&C, St. James’s Place Wealth Management

Apifiny Launches Blockchain-based Settlement Network

June 9, 2020 by FTF News

Apifiny Launches Blockchain-based Settlement Network

‘Roxe’ Pitched as a New Way to Clear & Settle   Apifiny, a San Francisco-based global transfer network services provider, has officially debuted a settlement network based on blockchain technology, dubbed Roxe, that has been designed for “instant global clearing and settlement of payments and remittances, traditional assets, and digital assets,” according to the vendor…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: back office, blockchain, Buy-side, clearing, collateral management, compliance, corporate actions, data management, iOS, isda, NAV, OTC derivatives, risk management, SaaS, settlement

SIMM Is Riding Out the Volatility Storm: ISDA

April 14, 2020 by Eugene Grygo

SIMM Is Riding Out the Volatility Storm: ISDA

The global, economic tsunami caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is, among other things, spurring questions about the best way firms can calculate initial margin (IM), given the recent onset of wildly volatile financial markets. As you will recall, IM is essential for firms that engage in derivative transactions that are not centrally cleared. Firms are… Read More >>

Filed Under: FTF Bull Run Blog, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, General Interest, Governance, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: COVID-19, initial margin, isda, ISDA SIMM, pandemic, Scott O'Malia, Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR)

ETFs Added to U.K.’s Investment Association Sectors

May 29, 2019 by FTF News

ETFs Added to U.K.’s Investment Association Sectors

ETFs To Be Compared Against IA’s 37 Fund Sectors The U.K. industry group Investment Association (IA) has agreed to let exchange traded funds (ETFs) join the IA sectors, officials say. The IA represents U.K. asset managers and supports British savers, investors and businesses, officials say. The association has 250 members that oversee £7.7 trillion of… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Cybersecurity, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: common domain model, derivatives, ETFs, FinTech Briefs, IA sectors, Investment Association, isda, Maulindu Chatterjee, NRI, OpenFin, SEC, Tim Dinsdale, whistleblower

ISDA Pushes Digital Asset Tool for CDM Adoption

April 18, 2019 by Eugene Grygo

ISDA Pushes Digital Asset Tool for CDM Adoption

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has been working with distributed ledger technology (DLT) pioneer Digital Asset to build an open-source reference code library that will help the derivatives industry embrace the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM), a blueprint for the representation of derivatives trade events and processes. Digital Asset has built “an open-source… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: DAML, Digital Asset, DLT, Event Specification Module, isda, open-source reference code

Deutsche Bank Clients Using LCH CDSClear

April 12, 2019 by FTF News

Deutsche Bank Clients Using LCH CDSClear

First German Bank to Use CDSClear   Deutsche Bank is the first German bank to offer its clients clearing via CDSClear, and asset management firms MEAG and Union Investment are clearing European and U.S. credit default swap (CDS) instruments via global clearinghouse group LCH. “Offering clients access to LCH CDSClear will provide them with more… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, General Interest, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions, Industry News Tagged With: AI, Brian Collings, CDSClear, Deutsche Bank, DTCC, Eric Lochner, FinTech Briefs, Frank Soussan, isda, MEAG, Nic Maalouf, Numerix, post-trade market, post-trade securities, RiskMine, Steele Compliance Solutions, Torstone Technology

Firms Secured $158 Billion in IM Last Year

April 12, 2019 by Eugene Grygo

Firms Secured $158 Billion in IM Last Year

The level of initial margin (IM) gathered in 2018 by 20 top securities firms for non-cleared derivative transactions grew by 47 percent to approximately $157.9 billion compared to $107.1 billion at the end of March 2017, according to the latest margin survey of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). The survey results, released at… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: derivatives transactions, IM, initial margin, isda, Scott O'Malia, variation margin

ISDA Publishes CDM Blueprint for the Industry

March 26, 2019 by FTF News

ISDA Publishes CDM Blueprint for the Industry

ISDA Wants CDM to Restructure the Market The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published the “full version of the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM) for interest rate and credit derivatives,” which ISDA officials hope will serve as “a common blueprint” for restructuring the foundations of the market. To facilitate that restructuring, ISDA will… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, General Interest, Governance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Bank Audi, BNY Mellon, Buy-side, credit derivatives, EBS, equity swaps products, FinTech Briefs, GDR, industry wide solutions, isda, Itiviti, Quant Analytics, Robert Mackay, Scott O'Malia, sell side, Seth Johnson

How to Cope With UMR Compliance: Q&A

March 26, 2019 by Eugene Grygo

How to Cope With UMR Compliance: Q&A

(Editor’s Note: Much has been made about buy-side firms and if and when they will have to comply with Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) and key requirements of the European Union and the U.S. The industry has started to focus on the operational processes they will need in order to comply with the Basel Committee on… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: Buy-side, compliance requirements, initial margin, isda, Jon Anderson, margining process, OTC derivatives, Q&A, Securities Operations, sell side, Sifma, SS&C GlobeOp, uncleared derivatives, Uncleared Margin Rules

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