Spotlight Series 2

The Collateral Framework Group, an adhoc group of industry professionals, recognized the opportunity and need to automate portfolio reconciliation for risk management purposes long before this function was branded as problematic. TriOptima, an original participant in this industry group, explains the history behind this group and how its initiatives reduce risk market-wide even during these tumultuous market conditions.

Part 4 of the OMG Commitments Series

The back to basics mentality many financial institutions are adopting in the market downturn is driving many firms to review outsourcing strategies with fresh eyes as they seek to optimize operational infrastructure but keep operating costs low. Sapient’s Chip Register talks about new and emerging trends in post-trade outsourcing.

Part 3 of the OMG Commitments Series

Sapient's Gil Koenigsberg and Nick Fry explain why a smaller volume of equity derivative transactions are electronically confirmed compared with interest rates and credit derivatives

Part 2 of the OMG Commitments Spotlight Series

In the second installment of DerivSource's OMG Commitments Spotlight Series, Christopher Natale  of Sapient discusses the regulatory commitments made by the Operations Management Group as they relate to lifecycle event processing and explains the industry's new 'game plan' for optimizing workflow in the future.

Reducing the backlog of confirmations of derivatives contracts remains a big problem for our industry.

Christoper Natale of Sapient explains how far we have come in reducing the confirmation backlog and suggests what the industry needs to do to tackle this problem in the current market climate and to meet the commitments made by the Operations Management Group.