​Alex Soane, product manager, operations for SunGard’s Apex Collateral solution, assesses the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commission’s

Being a Qualified CCP will really matter very soon, and impact capital requirements if not.

According to a press release from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the US-rules for the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) were finalized

ISDA expresses its concern for the implementation of uncleared OTC derivatives margin rules in December 2015

In the Basle 3 rules, page 40, (see bcbs189 below)  you see this: 41 (ii). If a bank has experienced more than two margin call disputes

Margin & Collateral Efficiencies for the Sell Side – Ten Year Euro Asset Swap. A margin and capital cost comparison (see below) was made of

An article from Risk Magazine tells the story of how battle lines are drawn on the OTC Rates Clearing front between Eurex and LCH.Clearnet

Regulatory reforms have been at the forefront since the global financial crisis hit nearly six years ago – and it won’t be taking the back

Now that Reporting for Europe has come into effect I am looking further into the next challenges that await for us just around the corner

IFR produced another article bemoaning the liquidity problems in the secondary credit bond market.  An illustrative statistic is bank inventory: 2007 US$235bn; now "a mere" US$37bn.  Aside from