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August 2015

   
'Jobs' Position: Head of Client Services, EMEA 18 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

Client Services is a key function at Duco. Heading up this area for the EMEA region, this role involves running our support desk function as well as managing analysts who provide on-site advice and training.
   
'Jobs' Position: Digital Marketing Lead 18 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

We need somebody to help us put Duco on the map and make some noise! Forget brochures. You will get us on page one at google, lead a community building strategy, help us organise events, increase our footprint on social media and make sure people know about our constant product innovation.
   
'Jobs' Position: Analyst in Client Services 18 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

As an analyst in Duco, your job is to help our customers make the most of Duco Cube. You will be involved in answering inbound support queries as well as actively engaging on the phone and by going on site.
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'Articles' Featured Article REMIT: A whistle stop tour 17 August 2015 | Aviv Handler

The Regulation of the wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) came into force in December 2011, twenty days after the “Level 1” text was passed by the European Parliament. However the two deadlines for the reporting part of REMIT have not yet passed. Here we examine how to prepare for these deadlines, which fall on the 7th October 2015 and 7th April 2016. But first let us briefly examine the background to REMIT and what it is all about.
13August
   
'Articles' Featured Article Popular Articles per Category 13 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

See the most popular articles under the categories: Clearing, EMIR, Regulation, Collateral Management, Dodd Frank, RSS Feed, Funding and Capital Economics, Risk Management, and Trading.
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'News' Featured News ESMA recommends changes to EMIR framework 13 August 2015 | ESMA Feed

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published four reports focused on how the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) framework has been functioning and providing input and recommendations to the European Commission’
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'Articles' A Macro Look At OTC Clearing Data 12 August 2015 | ClarusFT Feed

We spend a lot of time analyzing IRS clearing activity for CME and LCH, primarily because it is close to home and about as much of a fist fight as we are going to see in swaps. But what about…
12August
   
'News' Featured News New Knowledge 12 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

As of today, The OTC Space 'Knowledge' section has been updated. Items are now listed in alphabetical order, making them easier to find, and new items have been added. This section provides a useful go-to when needing to clarify terms, phrases or names contained in articles, and can also be used to broaden knowledge of the OTC markets by browsing terms.  Most of the terms in the Knowledge section are short descriptions, but some of them have lengthy background articles including Primers by John Kiff at the IMF.
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'Articles' Holiday mojo: easing back into the office 12 August 2015 | Penny Davenport Feed

Time Off
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'Articles' Featured Article It’s a model – but is it looking good? When banks’ internal models may be more style than substance. 12 August 2015 | Bank Underground Feed

An excellent post from the Bank of England 'Underground' blog on the reliability of internal models for calculating capital.
10August
   
'Articles' Featured Article Dealing with the ever-growing regulatory burden in capital markets 10 August 2015 | Michael Dorval

A pragmatic approach for banks facing Basel III, the Dodd-Frank Act, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and other new regulatory frameworks
07August
   
'Events' Featured Event FFK Charity Jazz Banquet: London 07 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

Kite Consulting Group are working with our friends at FIA/FFK in launching an exclusive event in September- providing a great night of entertainment and benefiting the very real needs of the charities supported by Futures For Kids. 
   
'News' Currency Swap Clearing Comes Closer 07 August 2015 | Bill Hodgson

A long sought after goal is now becoming a reality, clearing Cross-Currency Swaps
   
'Articles' Eurex Blog Articles 05 August 2015 | Byron Baldwin

Blog posts on LinkedIn Pulse by myself from May to August with useful infographics that assist with understanding collaterial efficiency, synthetic euro asset swaps, cross margining, client asset protection, and more.
05August
   
'Articles' Featured Article Cross Margining at Eurex Clearing - Generating Margin, Default Fund & Capital Efficiencies 05 August 2015 | Byron Baldwin

Cross Margining at Eurex Clearing is provided by Eurex Clearing's innovative Prisma (Portfolio RISk MAnagement) portfolio margining risk management system which calculates Risk and Margin on a portfolio basis segmented by pre defined Liquidation Groups each comprising of closely correlated products within each group.
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'Articles' How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator) 05 August 2015 | Risk Magazine Feed

The application of the leverage ratio to client clearing is based on “ridiculous logic”, according to this prudential regulator, whose identity Risk has agreed to withhold. But it is not too late to fix the problem, the regulator says, and there are three ways to do so
04August
     
'Articles' Featured Article Using the GMEX IRS CMF to Hedge a Bond Position 04 August 2015 | Samantha Hodgson

With the launch of the GMEX Interest Rate Swap Constant Maturity Future (IRS CMF) on GMEX Exchange as of 7th August 2015, this article provides an example of how the contract can be used by an asset manager to hedge a physical bond position.
   
'News' Update on Central Clearing in Korea 04 August 2015 | Bill Hodgson

The Korean CCP provides data on progress in central clearing, both voluntary and mandated.
03August
   
'News' Featured News Chilean CCP Goes Live 03 August 2015 | Bill Hodgson

Another central counterparty for your list
03August
   
'Articles' Featured Article SGX: Setting the pace in Asian Foreign Exchange 03 August 2015 | William Barkshire

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has a long and successful history of innovation in the derivatives markets. Central to this was early recognition of the benefits of offering customers access to a portfolio of regional Asian products in a single venue, based on markets which were largely closed to foreign investors or did not meet their risk management standards or trading practices.

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