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'Articles' Feeling a fraud at work? 11 May 2016 | Penny Davenport Feed

It’s a common refrain among working women. “I think I’m going to be found out any day now. I’m a fake; I have no idea what I’m doing!” More than 70% of women suffer from Imposter Syndrome at some point in their careers.
   
'News' Uncleared Margin Requirements in India | Proposal for Discussion 11 May 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Following the BCBS/IOSCO framework for margining un-cleared OTC business, a new proposal for OTC users in India emerges
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'Articles' Featured Article Improved banking profitability hinges on IT transformation 11 May 2016 | Peter Farley

The pressure for change in the way the capital markets operate is building relentlessly and the only way in which investment banks and other key players can remain successful will be to completely transform current business models. 
   
'Events' FOW Post Trade - May 11th in London 05 May 2016 | Bill Hodgson

After 2015's successful first time event, FOW Post Trade returns on 11 May. 
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'News' “Quick fix” agreed for MiFID II 04 May 2016 | Aviv Handler Feed

An agreement has been reached between the European Parliament’s negotiating team and member state representative on how to effect the delay to MiFID II, according to this post on the web site of MEP Markus Ferber (in English at the bottom).
   
'Events' Blockchain event : Hear from Kay Swinburne MEP, Bart Chilton, ex-CFTC and more 04 May 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Hear from Kay Swinburne MEP, Dr. Hossein Kakavand, CEO, Luther Systems, Bart Chilton from DLA Piper (ex-CFTC Commissioner) and more. Topics include bitcoin versus blockchain, tax implications, the law and financial markets, digital currency guidelines, and applications beyond financial services.
03May
   
'News' Featured News Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and Learn More about Margining and Collateral Management 03 May 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Our video library is building up, we just added four more today from the TFE/OTCS breakfast briefing we ran on April 7th.  The library currently contains:
03May
   
'Articles' Featured Article The Future of Collateral Management | Breakfast Video Series 03 May 2016 | Bill Hodgson

A collection of videos from the April 7th breakfast briefing, explaining the latest service offerings in Collateral Management, the approach to preparing for the bilateral margin rules, and updates from NetOTC, CloudMargin, Clearstream and TriOptima.
   
'Articles' Considerations for EMIR Category 2 entities: to front-load or back-load? 03 May 2016 | Jaki Walsh

After a long and arduous road to the final EMIR Interest Rate Swap (IRS) Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), the dates are set and front-loading requirements remain. 

April 2016

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'News' ESMA Publishes Results of EU Central Counterparties (CCP) Stress Tests 29 April 2016 | ESMA Feed

ESMA publishes results of EU central counterparties stress test

Friday 29 April 2016 17:01
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'News' Featured News Rocket 6 Downloadable PDF Edition Available to Registered Readers 28 April 2016 | Bill Hodgson

The PDF (downloadable) edition of Rocket is now available, including articles on ISDA Protocols, The Future of Trading, Indirect Clearing, Front and Back Loading, Anti-Abuse Legislation, MIFID Open Access, Portfolio Compression, The ISDA SIMM (Initial Margin) Model, Systems Transformation, Data Harmonisation for Trade Reporting, The Regulatory Reporting Mountain, Diversity in Banking, and a really useful piece from our Russian correspondant on Blockchain.
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'Articles' The Economics and Finance of Hedge Funds 27 April 2016 | Harvard Law School Feed

Posted by Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, on Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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'Articles' Featured Article The ‘missing link’ in today’s interest rate derivatives markets for LDI strategies 27 April 2016 | David Bullen

Interest rate markets have changed substantially since the financial crisis, both visibly and also less obviously in their market structure. These differences challenge asset management firms attempting to operate on behalf of their clients, especially in liability-driven investing (LDI), where the rules and market are continuing to change around them.
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'Articles' Featured Article Regulators Really Do Care About Data Quality 26 April 2016 | Lloyd Altman

At the recent DerivOps conference Lloyd Altman gave a speech demonstrating why global regulators are continuing to focus on the quality of data being provided, and how they are changing regulations to fix some of the problems that have occurred.
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'Articles' Found: The First Cleared Swaption 26 April 2016 | ClarusFT Feed

I took a bit of heat for my recent report citing the first cleared swaption that did not show up on the public SDR.
   
'News' Survey Closing Soon | Industry Readiness For Bilateral Margin Rules 26 April 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Find out where you stand versus your peers by completing this survey on preparations for the bilateral margin rules.
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'Articles' Featured Article Beyond Standard Two-way Margining 26 April 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Two way margin calls are the bread and butter of collateral management, but there are alternatives emerging. Read on and find out new ideas driven by the margin regulations.
25April
   
'News' Featured News Master Your Initial Margin Before Someone Else Does It For You 25 April 2016 | Bill Hodgson

Undertanding the drivers for your Initial Margin, both up and down, is a skill firms should master. Your competitors will use that knowledge to lower costs and make profits by reducing and switching exposure within and across CCPs.
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'Articles' Final MiFID II Rules on SI Thresholds 25 April 2016 | Martin Mildner

Finally, the EU Commission has published the delegated regulation on organizational requirements, including thresholds for systematic internalisation (SI), inter alia.
25April
   
'Articles' Featured Article Initial Margin on Uncleared OTC Derivative Trades: The ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (“SIMM”) 25 April 2016 | Peter Sime

Following the Financial Crisis the Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) of the G20 nations at its Pittsburgh Summit in 2009 determined that one key component of its response was to force certain standardised Over the Counter (“OTC”) derivatives into Central Counter Parties (“CCP’s”) or “clearing”.

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