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Central Clearing

January 30th, 2012 The Cost of Collateral Management in a New CCP Environment

Prof Craig Pirrong offers his take on the biggest concerns for cost and collateral management in 2012 and as the push to central clearing progresses. Comments based on “The Cost of Clearing” podcast in November 2011.

January 15th, 2012 Improving Capital Efficiency: Failure is not an Option

Major regulatory changes, evolving market structure and funding challenges are making capital efficiency more imperative. Against this backdrop, the economics of derivatives and cash activities are being reshaped. OpenLink's Mark Abrams explains how a holistic approach to risk management — especially in regard to counterparty risk and collateral management — can play a pivotal role in improving your firm’s efficiency and maintaining its competitiveness.    

January 13th, 2012 CCPs – Too Big to Fail? The Danger of Concentration Risk

January 13th, 2012 Week in Review: CFTC Approves New Rules on Customer Collateral, Swap Dealer Business Conduct & Volcker Rule

December 13th, 2011 Market-Making & OTC Derivatives under the Volcker Rule

December 13th, 2011 Clearing House Fragmentation; the Cost and Volume Explosion

BISS Research’s Gary Wright explains why the fragmentation of  the CCP landscape in Europe, which is further complicated by the push for OTC derivatives onto exchanges, will cost the market more and introduce more operational burdens all while not reducing the risks expected.

November 15th, 2011 The Cost of Central Counterparty Clearing (Commentary via the Podcast)

October 26th, 2011 Collateral Transformation, Silver Bullet or Smoke and Mirrors?

October 12th, 2011 Brokers & Execution Platforms Could Face Unfair Competition if Non-discriminatory CCP Access Remains Unclear

October 3rd, 2011 LEIs, CCPs and Collateral

Twenty years ago when confirmations for OTC products were produced using Word for Windows 2.0 and sent by FAX for manual review, identifying the legal entity was a hit and miss affair.

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