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DMIST Puts Position Transfers Centre Stage for ETDs
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the latest set of recommendations from the Derivatives Market Institute for Standards on the automation of position transfers in ETDs and how it can improve industry practices The Derivatives Market Institute for S...
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Guide for Resilience in the Derivatives Markets
Lynn Strongin Dodds examines the BCBS, BIS CPMI and IOSCO’s final recommendations on fortifying the financial ecosystem’s defences. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Bank for International Settlements’ Committee on Payment...
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Derivatives Market Sentiment – Green Shoots of Optimism
Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the latest SGX Acuiti report gauging the sentiment among derivative market participants in Q4 and 2025. The derivative industry was cautiously optimistic about the state of play in the last three months of 2024 and...
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Looking into the 2025 Crystal Ball
Uncertainty hangs in the air, but the Coalition Greenwich report predicts that electrification, technology and less red tape will be hallmarks of this year. It is that time of year when the predictions come in fast and furious. Although it is ...
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2025 Regulatory Roundup – The Never-ending Roundabout
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. ...
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Carbon Credits – A Breath of Fresh or Just Hot Air
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...
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Clear the Decks
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...
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Portfolio Optimisation: The Gloves Are Off
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...
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