(A joint solution of CLS and TriOptima, dubbed triReduce CLS FX, won the Best New Post-Trade Solution honor of the 2019 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards. The offering hit just as international regulators were advocating for compression services that support non-centrally cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. FTF News got time with Michael Modlock, global head of… Read More >>
Buy Side Takes Risky Path to UMR Compliance
The start of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) regime has been on the minds of many Ops staffers at buy-side firms in the European Union and the U.S., but there are troubling signs that buy-side firms may be taking a very risky wait-and-see approach, according to the findings of a recent FTF webinar, “How to… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Offers AANA Calculation Guide
AcadiaSoft, a collateral management software and services vendor, recently compiled an online guide to help buy-side firms calculate their Average Aggregate Notional Amount (AANA), the first major step in deciding if a firm needs to comply with the looming margining requirements governing non-centrally cleared derivatives. AANA calculations are key to determining whether a firm must… Read More >>
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 >>
SmartStream Partners with Cassini to Ease IM Compliance
Post-trade services and systems vendor SmartStream Technologies is partnering with Cassini Systems, a margin analytics vendor serving the buy side in derivatives trading, in an effort to ease the operational burden of managing initial margin requirements for uncleared, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. The vendors will focus on financial institutions that are beginning the create new operational… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Targets Phases 4 & 5 IM via New Service
AcadiaSoft Inc. is expanding its offerings for non-cleared derivatives via an initial margin (IM) monitoring service, slated for release in the second quarter, that will provide IM Phase 4 and Phase 5 firms with the ability to monitor IM exposure levels. The IM monitoring support will be offered in conjunction with AcadiaSoft’s Agreement Manager service,… Read More >>
New IM Burdens Spur Vendors Into Action
New rules for posting initial margin (IM) for bilateral over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives instruments are looming for buy-side firms as vendors, service providers, consultants and others are ramping up their offerings in anticipation of expensive and painful compliance burdens to come. The tougher IM requirements stem from the G20-sanctioned mandates of the Basel Committee on Banking… Read More >>
ISITC & SIFMA Push for Margin Call Process Improvements
ISITC’s Margin and Collateral Working Group and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Asset Management Group (AMG) have combined forces to launch a collection of best practices to help firms grappling with increased margin calls across collateralized products. The new document, “ETD and Cleared OTC Margin Call and Communication Standards and Settlement Processing,” is… Read More >>
CFTC’s Whistleblower Awards Total More than $45 Million
Whistleblower Program Experiences High-Volume Response The CFTC has handed out more than $45 million in multiple whistleblower awards, reflecting the higher volumes and greater complexity of incoming whistleblower submissions, officials say. In fact, the regulator last month acknowledged “an award of approximately $30 million to one whistleblower and the first award was made by the… Read More >>
Finastra to Sell CMC Business Unit to Teranet
Teranet’s CM Solutions Will Acquire the Shares of CMS London-based financial software vendor Finastra, formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian-based Collateral Management Corp. (CMS) business to Teranet. Teranet’s affiliated entity CM Solutions Inc. will acquire the issued and… Read More >>
