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Initial margin ‘big bang’ could be deferred, says EC’s Pearson
By Costas Mourselas
May 14, 2019, Risk
A top European Commission official has hinted that the final phase of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives trades could be deferred, encouraging …
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Treasuries Market Defies Safety Steps, Spurring Alarm Over Risks
By Liz McCormick
May 7, 2019, Bloomberg
The 2008 crisis nearly wrecked the financial system, and there’s since been widespread agreement that safeguarding more trades inside the fortresses known as …
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SEC may allow wider cross-margining of single-name CDS
By Joanna Wright
May 7, 2019, Risk
Banks are pressing U.S. regulators to permit cross-margining of single-name credit default swaps (CDS) against not only CDS indexes but also cash products …
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Derivative-dealer capital requirements likely to come from SEC by summer
May 1, 2019, MLex
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to expand stress-testing of derivative clearing houses, Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo said, as new tests showed two major clearing …
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Derivative clearing house stress-testing to expand as two facilities pass latest tests
May 1, 2019, MLex
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to expand stress-testing of derivative clearinghouses, Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo said, as new tests showed two major clearinghouses could …
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Top CCPs Add $79 Billion to Liquidity Pool in 2018
By Alessandro Aimone
April 11, 2019, Risk Quantum
Liquidity buffers at 10 of the largest central counterparties grew by $79 billion in aggregate in 2018 as the firms loaded up …
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Non-Financial Firms Face Clearing Rules Amid Tight Deadline
By James Thursfield
April 5, 2019, Global Investor Group
Non-financial firms are concerned they will not be able to adapt to new calculations under EMIR REFIT in time to avoid …
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Ready for EDDI? SSAs Plan to Disrupt Bond Issuance
By Burhan Khadbai
April 4, 2019, GlobalCapital
The European Stability Mechanism is spearheading a plan to create a new digital platform for launching public sector bonds in euros. The system, …
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E.U. Markets Watchdog Broadens Stress Test of Clearing Houses
By Huw Jones
April 3, 2019, Reuters
The European Union’s markets watchdog began its third stress test of 16 clearing houses on Wednesday, saying it was adding a new requirement …
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WFE Warns CCP Reforms Must Not Undermine Objectives
By Louisa Chender
April 2, 2019, Global Investor Group
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has warned it is critical to avoid undermining objectives in the central clearing space as …
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