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OCC commends on QCCP extension
13 June 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Equity derivatives clearinghouse the Options Clearing Corporation has praised the European Commission’s decision to delay the deadline for US CCPs to become fully fledged qualifying central counterparties in the EU...

FIA concerned over leverage ratio revisions
11 April 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The FIA has expressed concern over proposed revisions to the Basel III leverage ratio framework, but has committed to continue working with the Basel Committee on the changes...

US and EU tackle CCP continuity
11 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

European and US central counterparties will soon be able to operate in both markets with full regulatory compliance after a common approach was agreed...

Eurex to launch improved margin calculator
09 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing will launch its new Prisma Margin Estimator on 16 November...

New innovation for Murex
15 June 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Murex has released its improved MX.3 for Collateral Management solution, a collateral optimisation framework designed to better support buy- and sell-side institutions...

AcadiaSoft launches MarginSphere 2
03 June 2015 Norwell, Massachusets
Reporter: Stephen Durham

AcadiaSoft has launched MarginSphere 2, the latest version of its electronic margining platform for over-the-counter derivatives...

LCH.Clearnet to expand FX clearing
26 May 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH.Clearnet is launching a buy-side clearing service of foreign exchange derivatives in Europe, expanding its ForexClear US client clearing model to include European model account structures...

Banque Pictet launches Calypso system
13 April 2015 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Geneva-based Banque Pictet & Cie has launched its new collateral management solution from software solutions provider Calypso Technology...

Changes to derivatives margin requirements delayed
19 March 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Changes for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives will be delayed by nine months, the Basel Committee and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have agreed...

Clearstream and ICE collaborate on collateral
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream and ICE Clear Europe are collaborating to create a tri-party margin collateral management service, linking the London-based CCP to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub...

OpenGamma reaches out to OTC derivatives industry
11 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Structure solutions provider OpenGamma is partnering up with dealers and other participants in the over-the-counter derivatives market to deliver an open-source solution for bilateral margin...

TTC first to use Prisma
10 March 2015 Boca Raton
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Technancial Company (TTC) has become first to market with Eurex Clearing Prisma 2.05 real-time margin methodology on its JANUS platform...