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Technology and Collateral Management: Why We Need to Embrace Automation in STP

Vast improvements in technology allow firms to manage collateral more seamlessly than ever before. Technology facilitates automation, while automation facilitates speed, scale, accuracy and straight-through-processing (STP). And this trend is showing no signs of stopping. Firms now have access to highly automated collateral management that helps t...

26 July 2021

REGULATORY IM VALIDATION IN EUROPE AND THE U.S. - WHAT PHASE 5 AND 6 FIRMS NEED TO KNOW

Approximately 250 firms, including many more buy-side firms, could fall into scope for Phase 5 of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR), according to AcadiaSoft’s estimates. At the same time, firms will need to be prepared to address variations of the Initial Margin (IM) rules that may play out differently in Europe than in the U.S. AcadiaSoft will tak...

08 October 2019 Financial Services Regulation

U.S. AANA Calculation Concludes - What Does This Mean?

Friday, August 30 marks the end of the U.S. AANA (Average Aggregate Notional Amount) calculation period for uncleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. By next week, all U.S.-based firms should know whether they are in-scope (or not) to move Initial Margin (IM) beginning September 1, 2020. What happens next? If your firm is not in-scope – cong...

28 August 2019 Financial Services Regulation

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