4418 Results from /regulation
Gaurav Handa Director Marketing at Oracle Financial Services
The financial services industry stands on the threshold of a new era for liquidity risk. As seen in recent weeks, the reality of the new financial landscape – currently fueled by lingering debt issues in Europe and this month’s announcement that four “too big to fail” banks had failed the latest round of stress tests – has warranted a laser-like ...
22 March 2012 /regulation
Retired Member
Two completely different news items from across the pond caught my attention last week. The failure of RBS to conduct appropriate due diligence on the ABN Amro takeover was in the spotlight again. It was announced that 17 former directors of RBS, including ex-CEO Fred Goodwin, are being sued by investors for £2.4 billion. In another major sto...
19 March 2012 /security /regulation Financial Services Regulation
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
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