Lynn Strongin Dodds

As the year closes, Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at important dates on the 2025 financial regulatory calendar.  Ironically many are not new but the latest update of existing legislation. Read on for our financial regulatory roundup for 2025. ...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the developments at the COP 29 summit for carbon markets and ISDA proposals for a voluntary market On day one, countries at the recent COP29 climate summit gave the green light to carbon credit quality standar...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the different reports assessing the challenges the new SEC clearing and repo mandates will have on industry participants. Sell-side firms that will provide clearing services under the Securities and Exchange Commis...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at attempts in the derivatives industry to improve capital and margin optimisation in a rising cost environment Capital and margin optimisation are once again at the forefront in the derivatives world due to the escal...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the SGX sentiment report and how different segments of the derivatives industry are responding to market conditions. Overall industry sentiment across the global derivatives markets improved in the third quarter du...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the FIA paper’s recommendations on the positive impact derivatives can have in an integrated EU financial landscape The idea of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) was first mooted in 2015, and the blueprint is still bei...

Lynn Strongin Dodds explores the challenges interest rate dealers face in maintaining and attracting new clients in an increasingly competitive environment. Interest-rate derivatives (IRD) dealers face an uphill battle to retain and win new cl...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the CFTC is exploring the best ways to leverage the opportunities and mitigate the risks AI is and will have on the derivatives markets. It is no surprise that artificial intelligence is such a hot topic in der...