Ever since the dramatic banking collapse in 2008 Regulators and Central Banks have been pre-occupied with finding the magic bullet that prevents another systematic financial

BGC Partners and Capitalabs announced they removed €800 billion notional in the Fourth Quarter of 2015. Compressions achieve savings in capital costs, initial margin, gross notional value of

At an eight month lag to the base reported data it is based on, BCBS's half yearly Basel III monitoring report was published recently looking

  Risk magazine editor Duncan Wood makes a good point in his article The invisible incentives of clearing (subs. required) – the FSB / BIS ignored leverage

  Risk magazine editor Duncan Wood makes a good point in his article The invisible incentives of clearing (subs. required) – the FSB / BIS ignored leverage

Following January 2014's TABB Fixed Income conference: "BREAKING RATES", the Thursday January 29th TABB conference "PERFECT STORM NAVIGATING THE CONFLUENCE" held promise of answering the question of

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

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

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

US Regulation: The Volcker Rule Agencies Issue Final Rules Implementing the Volcker Rule Five federal agencies on Tuesday issued final rules developed jointly to implement