Collateral Management

Finadium’s Big Ideas Quarterly Q4 2013 is now online

Evidence on whether the collateral transformation trade is slowly grinding to life (Finadium subscribers only)

The Bank of England may have gotten into the collateral transformation business…will the Fed follow?

The Fed has released their LCR rules with a couple surprises

Wait a minute Bloomberg, we didn't say that about Collateralized CP

Finadium report: Collateralized Commercial Paper: Regulatory Arbitrage or Elegant Solution?

The CFTC and liquidity rules for DCOs: do they need committed repo facilities for their US Treasuries?

Where will all that required CCP and resolution authority liquidity actually come from?

Finadium collateral management trainings in Hong Kong and Singapore

Demand for people with collateral management skills: banking's next hot job sector?

Wednesday news roundup: capital shortages; indemnification and agent lender competition; Asian hedge funds and collateral management

NY Times on Repo: "After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken"

Lessons from Lehman: Collateral Shortages

Why T2S is a good deal for liquidity management

Final Basel rules on margin for non-cleared derivatives, with clarification on rehypothecation

Thursday news roundup: securities lending lawsuits, FSB on seclending CCPs, the Fed, securitization

The pendulum eases up on Shadow Banking regulation

Bloomberg article on the impact of regulatory reform for the repo market: is it cause and effect?

NY Fed Liberty Street Economics post on repo haircuts and fire sales: we think they may have missed some stuff

Could the US need a bailout? A very interesting speech and scenario analysis

Finadium report: asset managers on securities lending and collateral management

Comparing pension plan vs. asset manager and insurance company requirements for collateral management

Uncleared swaps and higher initial margin; can a margin clearing mechanism reduce the pain?

Strategies for differentiation in prime brokerage and agency securities lending (Finadium subscribers only)

Webinar poll results on OTC derivatives end-users, clearing and collateral

The SEC has chimed in on tri-party liquidation; joins the Fed on this important topic

Updated data on CCP collateral holdings (Finadium subscribers only)

Surveys say: banks on cost of collateral; short-termism in risk management

The ‘‘21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013’’: how will it impact broker/dealer funding?

Davis Polk publishes Basel III Standardized Risk Weights Tool

Heard on the High Street: the realities of working out economic capital and RWA

Webinar invitation: OTC derivatives end-users on clearing and collateral, Wed July 24 11:00 EST/16:00 GMT

Finadium: Large OTC Derivatives End-Users on Clearing and Collateral (free via Calypso)

Tuesday roundup: regulator reports and consultation papers (Finadium clients only)

Finadium: hedge funds on leverage, repo and prime custody

Basel Committee consultation on the Leverage Ratio specifies treatment of collateral and securities finance transactions

Update on the non-cash and collateral transformation issue at CCPs (Finadium subscribers only)

Cross-margining and collateral savings for cleared derivatives: will the savings really be there?

Custodian Collateral Reports: Still Some Ways to Go

A new challenge for cash vs. non-cash collateral on CCPs (Finadium subscribers only)

ISLA chimes in on the FTT: Lots More Doom and Gloom for Sec Lending and Repo

More one-pot margining ideas: LCH in the US and Liffe on ICE Clear Europe

Tricky business: EU thinks about requiring formal consent to lend out client’s collateral

Five important points from the new BIS paper on collateral

Lending equities for equities vs. equities for repo backed by equities (Finadium subscribers only)

Book review: central bank reserve manager trends (Finadium subscribers only)

The Fed takes on cash collateral in securities lending – one important point, some weak ones and some missed opportunities

The CME's Paulhac on cross margining of futures and cleared swaps: big savings but complicated

Reviewing the Economist's article on securities lending

The NY Fed looks at collateral fire sales and tri-party repo: some good ideas, some well….