The CME is now accepting corporate bonds as collateral for OTC derivatives…we have some questionsApril 18, 2012
Finadium: Shadow Banking is US$17 trillion industry, not US$60 trillion. Money market funds are not Shadow Banks.April 17, 2012
The Fed Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms: it's the special questions that countApril 4, 2012
BIS: dealers have enough collateral for initial margin on centrally cleared OTC derivativesMarch 7, 2012
CCPs and Legally Separated Operationally Commingled collateral: one step forward, one step backwardsMarch 6, 2012
Fed says not so fast to Fitch's research saying riskier assets making a come back in repoMarch 1, 2012
ECB freezes Greek bonds as collateral while ISDA may meet on CDSs: has the time finally come?February 28, 2012
Understanding the difference between SIPC and OLA stays to securities lending transactionsFebruary 26, 2012
MY views on unbundling in custody and securities lending, and a response to recent press and blog articlesFebruary 15, 2012
“Leverage and Asset Prices: An Experiment”: A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkFebruary 12, 2012
IMN Beneficial Owners' Securities Lending Conference: a review of the regulatory issues facing the industryFebruary 1, 2012
"Collateral Crises": a new research paper examines the impact of small shocks that create big problemsJanuary 27, 2012
EU may allow European asset-backed securities to be included as liquid assets for the liquidity coverage ratio. France & Germany push for delay to 2018, much to the chagrin of the UK.January 23, 2012
Euromoney interview with IMF Economist Manmohan Singh on repo, re-hypothecation, collateral chains, and moreJanuary 19, 2012
Nine takeaways from the Clearstream Global Securities Financing conference regulatory panelJanuary 18, 2012
Federal Reserve “Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms” shows some subtle shifts and interesting trendsJanuary 17, 2012
When every bps counts, securities lending and collateral management take on a new meaningJanuary 11, 2012
China and others enter securities lending; agents and prime brokers face changing market structureJanuary 4, 2012
Bloomberg article “Bonds Stop Flowing as Collateral Gets Stuck at ECB” doesn't get it all rightDecember 22, 2011
Has MF Global Revealed a Fatal Flaw in CCP Margin Procedures? An Analysis of MF Global’s Margin FailureDecember 20, 2011
Basel III LCR rules may change, allowing corporates and equities. Nestle debt looks a whole lot better than Portugal.December 7, 2011
Satyajit Das, author ‘Extreme Money: The Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk’ talks to the FT on CCPsNovember 22, 2011
Lombard Risk gets good press – look for others in the collateral management space as wellNovember 17, 2011
ISDA says the New York Times got it wrong about MF Global: it was repos and not derivativesNovember 15, 2011
Derivatives dealers uncollateralized swaps exposure to Italy estimated to be Euro 10 – 15 billionNovember 10, 2011