Category Archives: Clearing and Settlement

The Future of Post-Trade Derivatives Processing

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Guest Contributor: Laurent Jacquemin, executive vice president, post-trade derivatives, SunGard’s capital markets business In the derivatives industry, significant, year-over-year transaction volume growth has become the norm. With high-frequency trading driving up the volumes of trades to hundreds of thousands or … Continue reading →

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What Did We Learn from the Credit Crisis?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Guest Contributor: Nick Jackson, Partner , Capco We are currently experiencing unprecedented volatility in the markets and are potentially  on the brink of another systemic failure … only 3 years on since the last one.  We have rogue traders out … Continue reading →

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A Truly Canadian Solution?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Guest Contributor: Steven Grob, Director Group Strategy, Fidessa The merger mania in the exchange space took another twist last week when a consortium of Canada’s largest banks and pension funds put forward an alternative offer for TMX in an attempt … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Role of the Clearinghouse

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

The idea of the clearinghouse is fairly simple. A clearinghouse acts as a middle man who will insure a financial transaction between two market parties. This definition may be simple enough, but in reality a clearinghouse is far more complex … Continue reading →

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Fragmentation v Consolidation

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Guest Contributor: Steve Grob, Fidessa Seems like equity and other capital marketplaces are going through the ying and yang of fragmentation and consolidation. Just as we hear about another merger, we read about another new venue going live or more … Continue reading →

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Achieving Operational Efficiency and Automation by Making New Friends

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Recently we have seen financial technology providers joining forces with each other in order to create better solutions and processes that will keep financial institutions compliant with the new regulations we all face. Just last week, we saw the DTCC, … Continue reading →

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Another OTC Marketplace Moves Toward CCP Clearing

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Guest Contributer: Jim Binder, Director, Public Relations, The Options Clearing Corporation In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and through the regulatory reform efforts it led to, central counterparty (CCP) clearing has drawn a lot of attention as a way … Continue reading →

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The CFTC Gives the CME Group a ‘Time Out’

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

According to an article in the Financial Times last week, the CFTC is frustrated with the CME Group in what seems to parallel a typical adult/adolescent disagreement that arises when new rules are put in place. The disagreement stems from … Continue reading →

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OTC Derivatives – More Regulations and Reform

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

In case you didn’t already know, last week in Amsterdam Sibos brought together members of the financial industry to discuss topics that “matter most, across business areas, across functions and across regions.” This year one of the topics discussed were … Continue reading →

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Asia Does it Again

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

A recent study conducted by Omgeo revealed a direct correlation between the percentages of Same Day Affirmation (SDA) scores with settlement efficiency. The data for the study came from SDA scores of firms using Omgeo services representing 46 countries and … Continue reading →

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