T2S: Commercial advantages for Treasurers and Collateral Managers

15 Dec 2015

Don't drown in the waves of T2S implementation. Surf them in pursuit of lasting competitive advantages, delivered through effective liquidity and collateral management. T2S-related preparation and implementation is another example of costs incurred in reaction to yet more imposed regulatory change, right? Wrong. In fact, and given the right approac...

Quad-Party Clearing - a Winner's Curse?

10 Dec 2013

Quad-Party Clearing – a buy-side focused clearing model – was widely perceived as an innovative solution for the clearing obligation under EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation). The benefits for buy-side firms include efficiency, cost and risk reduction. However there’s a growing concern that these are outweighed by cost and risk factor...

Europe's OTF to follow the US's SEF?

26 Nov 2013

It is still probably too early to derive meaningful conclusions from the impact of Swap Execution Facilities (SEF) on trading behavior. However, European regulators and counterparties can learn from the US experience as they implement the European equivalent of SEF – Organized Trading Facilities (OTF) as part of the Markets in Financial Instrument...

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EMIR timeline push-backs: blessing or curse?

26 Sep 2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has done it again. They quietly published a revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) timeline which postpones commencement of Trade Repository (TR) reporting until February 2014. This is no surprise as the recent third round of their Questions & Answers (Q&A) still left u...