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| April 22nd, 2012 | Legal Entity Data Management: More than an Afterthought Legal entity data has come a long way. Virginie O’Shea, an analyst at Aite Group, explains the regulatory and business drivers behind new entity data management initiatives as financial institutions ramp up resources and technology to support a more efficient entity data management operation. |
| March 21st, 2012 | The Road Ahead for SEFs: If you Build it, will they Come? SEFs are an integral part of the Dodd-Frank Act. David Easthope, Research Director with Celent’s Capital Markets Group looks at the development of these execution facilities and explains the likely challenges the market faces in implementing the SEF electronic trading architecture in the coming months. Background |
| February 20th, 2012 | Competition Full Speed Ahead with MiFIR The European regulators and US have different stances when it comes to establishing rules to derivatives market competition. Simmy Grewal, an Aite Group senior analyst, explains how MiFIR's proposed rules could create greater competition in derivatives trading in Europe if the proposed rules are adopted. |
Q & A
| April 23rd, 2012 | Collateral Optimisation Strategies - Drivers & Challenges in Improving Margin Management to Support CCP Clearing Collateral optimisation strategies can range from simply identifying the cheapest-to-deliver assets to much more sophisticated strategies, which include optimisation algorithms. In a Q&A SunGard’s Ted Allen explains the drivers and challenges firm face when implementing collateral optimisation strategies used by to support central clearing of cleared swaps and increased demands for capitalisation. Q. What is collateral optimisation exactly? What are the drivers influencing plans for most firms you work with? |
| March 6th, 2012 | Mixing Strategy with Practicality – Building a Post-trade Operation for a New OTC Derivatives Landscape Regulatory uncertainty has thwarted efforts to build a compliant post-trade operation for both bilaterally executed and clearable swaps. SunGard’s Tony Scianna explains how financial institutions can make practical changes to post-trade processes to satisfy current circumstances but also meet future regulatory requirements. Q. How is regulatory uncertainty affecting how firms are changing their post-trade operation and how can they be preparing despite this uncertainty? |
| February 6th, 2012 | Swap Dealers – Tackling Tasks to Comply with Dodd-Frank US financial reform legislation transforms the swap market from an unregulated to a highly regulated market. Davis Polk & Wardwell estimates that swap dealers will have to manage over 1900 operational tasks to comply with new rules issued by federal regulators. |
Trend Analysis
| April 27th, 2012 | End Users Concerned about Cost & Collateral Implications of Regulatory Reform End users, such as insurers, face a squeeze on liquidity and a potential increase in cost of hedging resulting from new OTC derivatives central clearing obligations under both EMIR and Dodd-Frank. |
| April 3rd, 2012 | EMIR Deadline: Industry Concerned about Uncertain Timeframes for Compliance with New Derivatives Regulation The deadline for EMIR is nearing and industry participants are worried about the tight timeframes for compliance with this new regulation of the OTC derivatives space. |
| January 23rd, 2012 | The Interconnectivity of Regulation & the Risk, Cost & Operational Impact on Asset Managers Natalie Westerbarkey, Director, Client Executive at Citigroup Securities and Fund Services discusses how through understanding the new regulatory landscape and intersection (or interaction) of rules, asset managers can better assess the impact these new rules will have on their costs, risk management and operations |
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