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 >>
Firms Risk Falling Behind the New Rules of Collateral
(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 >>
JPMorgan Targets ‘Too Big To Fail’ CCPs
Do central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) take seriously enough the suggestion — made by many analysts and market participants — that they might become “too big to fail?” That question has hung in the air for years now, ever since post-crisis regulatory reforms assigned CCPs a key role in derivatives markets. Attempts to provide an… Read More >>
