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  • ICE Reports 19% ADV Futures Growth for August 2010; $11.5 Trillion Cleared in CDS
    September 2, 2010 5:23 PM

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today reported strong futures volume growth for August 2010. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was 1,197,848 contracts, up 19% from August 2009.

    Year-to-date through August 31, 2010, ADV across ICE's futures exchanges was 1,300,209 contracts, an increase of 28% compared to the same period of 2009. Total futures volume in August 2010 was 26.3 million contracts.

    August 2010 Review
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  • SunGard Launches Ambit Credit Risk Management Solutions Suite
    September 2, 2010 4:42 PM

    SunGard has launched the Ambit Credit Risk Management solutions suite to help commercial and retail banks increase their risk-adjusted performance through better lending decisions. Ambit Credit Risk Management is comprised of Ambit Credit Assessment, Ambit Credit Portfolio Monitoring, Ambit Capital Management and Ambit Profitability Analysis, providing a single solutions suite to support banks’ credit risk software and consulting needs.
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  • ISDA Streamlines Credit Derivative Novation Process
    August 26, 2010 1:55 AM

    The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced that it will further streamline the process of novating or assigning credit derivative trades by way of its 'Credit Consent Equals Confirmation' project. As a key measure in this initiative, ISDA today published Additional Provisions for Consent to, and Confirmation of, Transfer by Novation of OTC Derivative Transactions.
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The UK's New Regulatory Structure: A New Beginning, or Rearranging the Pieces?

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The Role of Transaction Data in US Regulatory Reform & the Quest to Monitor Systemic Risk

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Pension Funds: Improving Collateral Management for OTC Derivatives through Governance, Software or Outsourcing

Pension funds are looking to improve collateral management to better mitigate counterparty risk and are reviewing outsourcing services or off-the shelf software solutions. In a Q&A, Investit’s Sarah-Jane Dennis offers sound advice to pension funds on how the factors to consider when setting up a governance structure, daily monitoring process and debating whether to outsource or license specialist software.

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Q&A On Universal Registration for Non-US Advisors

Following our Wednesday Webinar entitled:“Non-US Advisers Under the Dodd-Frank Act: Universal Registration is Here," speakers Mark Berman, ceo of CompliGlobe and Nathan Greene, partner at Shearman & Sterling, offer the following responses to questions posed from the audience during this Web-event.

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DERIVATIVES REGULATION TIMELINE

Check out DerivSource's new reference guide that provides a comprehensive outline of regulatory activity in the U.S. and U.K./Europe, and the involvement of various regulatory and legislative bodies.

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NY Times Blog Gives Legal Take on Dodd-Frank Bill

The Dodd-Frank Bill Up Close
June 28, 2010, 6:02 am

Someone at the House financial services committee was kind enough to post the entire Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act online, and so the idle pleasures of speculation must give way to the real work of reading the reams printed with the narrow column of the bill.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers,Rein in Wall Street, End Too Big to Fail, Prevent Another Financial Crisis

Americans have faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, businesses have failed, housing prices have dropped, and savings were wiped out.