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The deadline for EMIR is nearing and industry participants are worried about the tight timeframes for compliance with this new regulation of the OTC derivatives space.

Collateral management information is becoming increasingly part of the investment decision process as traders and risk managers demand more collateral information for determining the cost efficiency of a trade. Investit’s Sarah-Jane Dennis explains how the demand for collateral management information is impacting operational teams at buy-side institutions and she offers a check list for how these teams can become operationally ready for this new information demand.

‘The Source’ is DerivSource’s magazine that offers industry analysis, expert commentary and educational features to help derivatives and operational professionals keep up with market trends and gain greater understanding of current challenges in OTC derivatives processing, regulatory compliance and technology. Read on for more industry analysis and commentary covering regulatory reform, central clearing, risk management and much more.

In a Q&A, Interactive Data’s Darren Marsh explains how centralising reference data management improves a firm’s ability to understand its risk exposures and enables firms to use capital more efficiently and better meet new regulatory reporting requirements.

The recently published FIA-ISDA cleared derivatives execution agreement is the industry’s first attempt to regulate the relationship between parties entering trades for central clearing. Documentation Risk Solutions’ managing director Michael Beaton explains the structure of this new legal agreement.