CCPs fight for buy-side membership
Few asset managers are buying into the direct CCP model. Fred Maple reports. The fanfare with which central counterparties (CCPs) launched new membership categories for ...
Margin calls for bitcoin futures pose systemic threat
AIG failed in 2008, because the value it placed upon the mortgages underpinning the credit default swaps it had sold to Goldman Sachs was way off. It got killed by the ...
Optimising clearing costs for cheaper trading
Clearing of European derivatives now looks set to stay in London for the foreseeable future, but traders still need to assess how the clearing house they use can impact ...
