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December 4, 2013 - Editor

On 1 September, ESMA issued its advice to the Commission on declaring countries outside the EU to be equivalent under EMIR.  The good news is

Featured image for “Mexican Peso Interest Rate Swaps”

December 3, 2013 - Editor

CME in a recent SEC filing noted that it plans to offer clearing for MXN TIIE Interest Rate Swaps. So I decided to look at what the data

Featured image for “Survey of CCP Progress Since the US Clearing Mandate Kicked In”

December 1, 2013 - Editor

It's been a few months since we last updated the CCP chart, and in that time clearing has become mandated in the US. In most

Featured image for “RegTechFS » Turkey day: What will we be ‘thanking’ regulators for in 2014?”

November 27, 2013 - Editor

Pretty useful overview of regulatory activity coming up, something for everyone there. RegTechFS » Turkey day: What will we be ‘thanking’ regulators for in 2014?

Featured image for “Swaptions Clearing, a more detailed look”

November 25, 2013 - Editor

Last week at SEFCON IV in NY, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler in his keynote stated that Swaptions were the largest Interest Rate product not currently being

Featured image for “Will agency execution be needed to enable MAT to work? | IFR article”

November 20, 2013 - Editor

How will D2D SEFs Open Up? Given the recent CFTC push to open up D2D trading platforms to clients, how can a SEF get comfortable enough

Featured image for “Will agency execution be needed to enable MAT to work? | IFR article”

November 20, 2013 - Editor

How will D2D SEFs Open Up? Given the recent CFTC push to open up D2D trading platforms to clients, how can a SEF get comfortable enough

Featured image for “SEF Volumes for Week 6 | ClarusFT”

November 12, 2013 - Editor

The SEF Volume figures for Week 6 are now in. In this weeks piece, we also look at whether: the Nov 1 expiration of the

Featured image for “ICE members split over new client clearing model – Risk.net”

November 12, 2013 - Editor

An interesting story with two halves on an EMIR segregation model from ICE: The approach – dubbed sponsored principal – allows buy-side firms to face

Featured image for “Push, Ping and Charm”

November 11, 2013 - Editor

Last week we announced our CHARM product with a press release titled, Swap Margin Check in 10 milliseconds. In this article I will provide the detail behind our