(Editor’s Note: In a look to derivative processing in 2018, FTF News reports upon the remarks of the CEO of International Swaps and Derivatives Association). Although not making specific predictions, Scott O’Malia, CEO for ISDA, on Nov. 30, laid out a blueprint for overhauling derivatives processing that could gather steam in 2018. Speaking at ISDA’s… Read More >>
2018 Predictions: Global Markets to Expand Despite Jolts
(Editor’s Note: Predicting what the financial markets, regulators and industry participants will do in 2018 is a challenge as there are so many variables that could undercut prognostications. Yet in a bid to offset chaos, FTF News has put together a round-up of opinions and initiatives from researchers, analysts and executives at the TABB Group,… Read More >>
CFTC Strikes Swaps Equivalency Accord with E.C.
In a step toward the nirvana of harmonization, the CFTC and European Commission (E.C.) moved forward with an agreement to accept the legitimacy of each other’s rules on swap margin agreements and to allow swap trading venues under their jurisdictions to follow their home region’s rules. The two-part agreement covers the comparability of trading platforms… Read More >>
DTCC Shuffles Managers for Key Businesses
DTCC Appoints Matthew Stauffer, Others to New Posts Officials at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) report that they have shaken up the management for key businesses, including the appointment of Matthew Stauffer as managing director and head of institutional trade processing, effective June 30, 2017. In other major organizational moves, the post-trade market… Read More >>
ISDA’s SIMM Gets a Refresh
The Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM), a methodology for calculating initial margin for non-cleared derivatives instruments developed by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) is a work-in-progress, confirms Scott O’Malia, ISDA CEO, in a new posting for the ISDA blog derivatiViews. The need for new initial margin calculation requirements drove the creation of SIMM… Read More >>
ISDA Worries Firms Will Miss Margining Deadline
New Variation Margining Rules Hit March 1 Starting March 1, financial services firms will be subject to “new rules that will require them to exchange variation margin on their non-cleared derivatives trades,” but many of them may miss that deadline, says Scott O’Malia, CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in the Jan…. Read More >>
HSBC Private Bank to Use Bloomberg Collateral Management System
Firms Prep for New Margin Requirements HSBC Private Bank and unnamed corporations and financial institutions have adopted Bloomberg’s MARS Collateral Management and reconciliation solution to help them meet new variation margin requirements for non-centrally cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to Bloomberg officials. “It’s a business imperative to trade these types of instruments, so compliance too… Read More >>
Goldman Sachs Settles ISDAFIX Woes for $120M
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs will pay a $120 million fine for manipulating and making false reports concerning the U.S. dollar International Swaps and Derivatives Association fix (USD ISDAFIX), a global benchmark for interest rate products, say CFTC officials in an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Goldman,… Read More >>
GLEIF and ‘First Movers’ Complete LEI Process Test
GLEIF Works with First Mover LEI Issuers The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and five “first mover” Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuers have “successfully concluded a prototype exercise” that tested the end-to-end process of collecting and validating data on the direct and ultimate parents of legal entities that have an LEI, reports Stephan Wolf,… Read More >>
JPMorgan Services Fannie Mae’s MBS Holdings
JPMorgan Provides Trade Processing, Settlement and Recs Services Investment banking giant JPMorgan is supporting Fannie Mae’s mortgage-backed securities (MBS) holdings via the firm’s custody and fund services platform, bank officials say. JPMorgan officials say the bank has “successfully transitioned” for safe-keeping and settlement services for collateral backing Fannie Mae-issued MBS held in their Collateral Trust… Read More >>
