Collateral
Concern over scarcity of high-quality assets forces CCPs to broaden eligible collateral
Ice Clear Europe accepts gold for margin, while LCH.Clearnet is also working on extending eligible collateral
Insurers, not banks, driving liquidity trade
Insurance sector's hunger for high yields, rather than banks' thirst for short-term funding, driving liquidity trade
Cash variation margin requirements worry pension funds
Having to post cash as variation margin to central counterparties (CCPs) will cause substantial yield losses for pension funds that conduct liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies, according to fund managers.
Buy-side targets capital efficiency, says UBS
Findings of UBS analysts stoke fears of race to the bottom among over-the-counter derivatives clearing firms
Ban on rehypothecation could increase derivatives costs
Investors have become more aware about the security of collateral since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. A number of hedge funds are now insisting margin posted on derivatives trades is not rehypothecated – a trend that could drive up costs. By…
Bringing exchange values to OTC
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) published its principles for direct electronic access to markets last Friday (August 13). The guidelines don’t affect foreign exchange but raise some interesting points.
Lufthansa wary of OTC regulations
Corporates across the globe have lobbied to ensure end-users are not subjected to new clearing requirements for derivatives. For Lufthansa’s treasury department in Frankfurt, ensuring it is able to continue to hedge its foreign exchange and interest rate…
Emeap: Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
End-users support central clearing
NEW YORK - The push for central clearing is increasingly being driven by end-users seeking operational efficiencies, rather than regulators, according to Jason Vitale, global head of dbClear FX at Deutsche Bank in New York.
Gain responds to NFA complaint
BEDMINSTER, NJ - Glenn Stevens, chief executive at New York-based Gain Capital, sent a letter to partners in response to extensive complaints filed against him and the company by US industry regulator the National Futures Association (NFA).
Barclays Capital realigns FX prime brokerage
UK bank outlines ambitions for growth
Buy side resigned to higher pricing
Buy-side traders have emerged as post-crisis neo-realists, with a sense of resignation, and some scarring, in the tone of speakers at the FX Invest Europe congress in Zurich last Tuesday (March 9).
Finra tightens margins requirements
US regulator raises bar on leveraged investments.
CME accepts gold as trade collateral
LONDON - The clearing house of CME Group, CME Clearing, began accepting gold as collateral for trades on the exchange last Monday (October 19).
Asia congress: Collateral issues crucial post-crisis
SINGAPORE - Terence Oh, head of foreign exchange prime services for the Asia-Pacific at UBS, called for better collateral management in light of the lessons learned from the global crisis, at the FX Week Asia congress in Singapore last Tuesday.