During the March 2020 market turmoil, euro area money-market funds (MMFs) experienced significant outflows, reaching almost 8% of assets under management. This paper investigates whether the ...

According to the latest survey, IM collected by the top 20 firms increased by 22% to $130.6 billion at the end of 2017, compared with $107.1 billion at the end of March 2017. Variation margin (VM) ...

In Consultation Paper 13/23 (CP 13/23), the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) sets out its “Margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives: Amendments to BTS 2016/2251.” ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

Variation margin (VM) comes under the microscope in the Bank for International Settlement’s (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organisation of ...

The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently launched a joint consultation on proposed amendments to the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared ...

Recent attempts by policymakers to eliminate an initial margin requirement for certain trading swaps between affiliates of the same financial institution would reduce costs for consumers and ...

The final phase in an onerous global regulatory initiative that will require more institutional investors to post collateral for their over-the-counter derivatives transactions will go into effect in ...

Derivatives end users are concerned about their ability to meet new margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, according to a survey by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) ...

LONDON, Sept 5 (IFR) - Clearing of non-deliverable forwards at LCH's ForexClear set a new monthly record in August as firms flocked to clear contracts ahead of a September 1 deadline that requires all ...

LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Margin makes the financial system safer, but margin calls can be problematic. That’s the paradox regulators, traders and clearing houses are grappling with in the wake ...