Cloud-based collateral management technology vendor CloudMargin reports that it is first such provider to join the SWIFT cooperative, a step that may help the company make its case to firms considering low-touch solutions to meet the non-cleared derivatives margining rules to come. By working with SWIFT, CloudMargin will adopt SWIFT connectivity and standards, says Keith… Read More >>
Firms Risk Falling Behind the New Rules of Collateral
(Securities firms are just beginning to recognize that they have to adapt to the new rules of collateral requirements, according to market research firm Finadium, based in Concord, Mass. The firm recently released a report on the subject, “Service Providers in Collateral Management 2015: A Finadium Survey,” based upon an industry-wide survey of companies offering… Read More >>
New Securities Lending Regime Spurs Rejection & Acceptance
Securities lending is changing, as new regulatory pressures cause firms to reevaluate whether the activity — formerly a safe, easy way to make a few basis points — is still worth the trouble, according to a new report from securities finance and asset servicing consultancy Finadium, based in Concord, Mass. Interestingly, asset managers are responding… Read More >>
Firms Topple the Securities Lending Silo
The deep recession of 2007-08 and the wave of regulatory reforms that followed have spurred a transitional period for the niche realm of securities lending operations as firms struggle to balance the competing demands of operational efficiency and organizational oversight, according to a new report from market research firm Finadium. The report, “A New Look… Read More >>
JPMorgan Targets ‘Too Big To Fail’ CCPs
Do central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) take seriously enough the suggestion — made by many analysts and market participants — that they might become “too big to fail?” That question has hung in the air for years now, ever since post-crisis regulatory reforms assigned CCPs a key role in derivatives markets. Attempts to provide an… Read More >>
