206 Results from 2012, /regulation
Retired Member
Yesterday's post looked at the big risks in the CCP landscape from simultaneous requirements for mandatory margin, novated contract terms, complex portfolio and collateral valuations, reference data reforms, and default funds. Today we'll look at the competitive differentiators that potential CCP members, sencond tier swaps dealers, and even end ...
16 March 2012 /regulation Post-Trade Forum
The title of this post is the title of a debate being hosted Post-Trade Forum next month: Post Trade operational risk: Are Clearing Houses increasing risks? Gary Wright of B.I.S.S. Research has kindly asked me to give the key note. I'm also on a panel next week at the RISK Annual Summit on Collateral Trends for Corporates which will cover some of...
15 March 2012 /regulation
If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. It’s one of those idioms that exalt the conspicuously massive, enticing us to celebrate the all-or-nothing spirit of those who dominate. But big isn’t as easy as it used to be. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the possibility that some of the big exchanges may have un...
14 March 2012 /regulation
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
Clearing Houses are becoming even more important in the markets as regulatory and political change forces OTC into their systems and onto their balance sheets. Who knows if the balance sheets of Clearing Houses will be able to cope? We hope and expect that the regulators and the Treasury will make sure there is enough capital in place or at least ...
14 March 2012 /regulation Post-Trade Forum
As the value of the day to day decisions grow, the importance of Decision Management Solution deployment becomes undoubted. Organizations adopting Decision Management improve business results by supporting, automating and improving operational decisions. Understanding this a lot of vendors are coming to market with their brand-new solutions. How n...
14 March 2012 /regulation Financial Risk Management
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Over the past 15 years, the increasingly rapid evolution of technology has resulted in new computers or mobile phones becoming outdated in a matter of one or two years. Chances are, you’ve gone through no less than ten digital devices in the past decade, if not more. It has become standard practice to upgrade to a newer device and often sell, dona...
14 March 2012 /security /regulation
One of the major problems in the stabilisation of securities markets is to find a recognised and standard mechanism to rate the quality of collateral. Clearing Houses have their own methods of assessing the quality of the collateral pledged by financial services firms but this has to be more transparent. With global markets intertwined it is imper...
09 March 2012 /regulation Post-Trade Forum
Today the chances that a Clearing House will default in the future have never been more likely. Political pressure and regulatory resolve is creating a risk concentrator within the clearing houses so that it’s not if a Clearing House goes bust but when. The introduction of OTC derivatives into clearing will be the trigger to a thermal time bomb in ...
07 March 2012 /regulation Post-Trade Forum
“Carders” are the people who buy, sell, and trade stolen credit card data online. This carding forum videoprovides an example of an online forum where stolen credit cards are bought and sold. Hackers rely on a variety of techniques to obtain credit card data. One such data theft technique is wardriving, in which criminals hack into wireless networ...
07 March 2012 /security /regulation
About one out of seven UAE bank customers will recommend their bank to friends and family, reveals a Souqalmal.com survey. “Behavioral intelligence solutions assist banks in pro-actively approaching their clients, allowing to optimize product characteristics and explore up- and cross- sell possibilities. As a result, banks’ customers will be using ...
06 March 2012 /regulation Financial Risk Management
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