AcadiaSoft, a collateral management software and services vendor, recently compiled an online guide to help buy-side firms calculate their Average Aggregate Notional Amount (AANA), the first major step in deciding if a firm needs to comply with the looming margining requirements governing non-centrally cleared derivatives. AANA calculations are key to determining whether a firm must… Read More >>
BNY & AcadiaSoft Focus On the CM Maze: Q&A
(Custodian bank BNY Mellon is teaming up with collateral management software and services vendor AcadiaSoft to offer an outsourced service that supports margin calculations for non-cleared derivatives. This is an effort to help buy-side derivatives market participants “fully outsource their entire non-cleared margin workflow, via the market’s first end-to-end collateral solution developed by BNY Mellon,”… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Targets Phases 4 & 5 IM via New Service
AcadiaSoft Inc. is expanding its offerings for non-cleared derivatives via an initial margin (IM) monitoring service, slated for release in the second quarter, that will provide IM Phase 4 and Phase 5 firms with the ability to monitor IM exposure levels. The IM monitoring support will be offered in conjunction with AcadiaSoft’s Agreement Manager service,… Read More >>
ISDA Automates IM Docs as New Rules Loom
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Linklaters law firm have officially launched an online platform, “ISDA Create — IM,” that automates the production and negotiation of initial margin documentation and the creation of structured legal data to help financial services firm cope with tougher IM compliance requirements coming this year and next…. Read More >>
Traiana’s HKEX OTC Clear Link Targets FX Deliverables
New Link Targets FX Deliverables Traiana, an infrastructure services vendor for trading and risk management, is providing direct central clearing connectivity to the Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEXs) and Clearing’s OTC Clearing Hong Kong (OTC Clear), officials say. The news means that market participants can now access the OTC Clear service for USD/CNH and USD/HKD FX… Read More >>
CRD Partners with AcadiaSoft & Expands Liquidnet Alliance
Charles River Development (CRD) will be working with AcadiaSoft via a new business alliance and expanding its partnership with Liquidnet — its first major industry moves since its acquisition last year by custodian giant State Street Corp. for $2.6 billion. When CRD was acquired in October 2018, the combined companies announced that they would build… Read More >>
MTS Markets & BondCliQ Launch Liquidity Mapping Service
Two Key Players Take On Corporate Bond Liquidity MTS Markets International, part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), and BondCliQ, a corporate bond market data solution vendor, are launching Liquidity Mapping for BondCliQ’s BondTiQ platform to give end-users views of pre- and post-trade information on U.S. corporate bond liquidity, officials say. The new mapping “combines… Read More >>
Brevan Howard Uses AcadiaSoft for IM Management
A Major Buy-Side Firm Embraces AcadiaSoft’s IMEM AcadiaSoft, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the non-cleared derivatives market, reports that Brevan Howard has been added to the users of AcadiaSoft Hub’s Initial Margin Exposure Manager (IMEM). As one of the first buy-side firms that falls within the scope of Phase Three of… Read More >>
NEX Optimisation Provides Access to FX Novation Service
NEX Infinity Users Get Access to Capitolis Customers of the NEX Infinity platform now have access to the automated foreign exchange (FX) novation service of U.S. startup Capitolis via a partnership intended to appeal to the customers of banks, prime brokers and financial services firms that are FX market participants. Most novations are completed via… Read More >>
CRD & Broadridge Partner to Bolster SWIFT Links
CRD’s IMS to Get New Broadridge Support Charles River Development (CRD) and Broadridge Financial Solutions are formalizing a business alliance to facilitate broader integration with the SWIFT financial messaging network for the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS), officials say. The partnership is in response to the industry’s move, sanctioned by the SEC,… Read More >>