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FINRA: Even Tougher Margining Rules

February 18, 2014 By Chris Kentouris Leave a Comment

catkitty21 nudes sensualimagination69 US broker-dealers and their fund manager customers that deal in forward-settling agency mortgage-backed securities or similar asset classes better prepare for even more legal and operational stress. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has just come up a set of far more rigid and comprehensive rules than guidelines from a committee of the Federal Reserve Bank […]

Filed Under: Compliance, Financing, Rules, Slider Tagged With: Brokerage Ops, Collateral, Fund Ops, Regulators

Hedge Fund Managers: Taming the Data Headache

February 14, 2014 By Chris Kentouris Leave a Comment

It’s a given that hedge fund managers consume data — and lots of it — to ensure the most lucrative trading strategies and efficient post-trade processes. They need to know just how the global market is moving at every fraction of a second every business day and just which transactions must be cleared and settled […]

Filed Under: Compliance, Data, Reporting, Slider, Trading Tagged With: Compliance, Data, Hedge Funds, Reporting

Legal Entity Identifiers: Scrutiny of EU Firms Tightens

February 13, 2014 By Chris Kentouris Leave a Comment

When the concept of a new global legal entity identifier first took shape among regulators in the US and across the globe, it was hailed as a brilliant revolutionary move.. top onlyfans leaks Financial firms and trading counterparties could now be appropriately identified and tracked by regulators seeking to mitigate systemic risk. No longer would […]

Filed Under: Compliance, Data, Reporting, Slider Tagged With: Compliance, Data, Regulators, Reporting, Swaps

Fund Managers: Get Ready for Margin Call Tsunami

February 6, 2014 By Chris Kentouris Leave a Comment

Five hundred to one thousand percent. That’s the eye-popping prediction of the coming increase in margin calls in a new report from US market infrastructure Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), “Trends, Risks and Opportunities in Collateral Management.” The trigger: new regulations and recommendations requiring far more transactions in far more asset classes to be collateralized. Relying on […]

Filed Under: Compliance, Financing, Funds, Slider Tagged With: Collateral, Compliance, DTCC, Fund Ops, Swaps

WAMCO Fine: A Coding Error or Compliance Breakdown?

February 5, 2014 By Chris Kentouris 2 Comments

A computer coding error. That’s how most media outlets explained one of the key reasons the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Labor whammied a large US fixed-income fund manager with a US$22 million fine. The second is inappropriate cross-trading which unfairly benefited one group of clients at the expense of others. But […]

Filed Under: Compliance, Funds, Regulations, Slider Tagged With: Brokerage Ops, Compliance, Fund Ops, Regulators

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