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Post-trade services come into their own
Boring is the new exciting as the new regulatory focus is prompts more widespread use of clearing
Credit derivatives drive hits a wall
Proposals to confront systemic risk in OTC deals have so far proved unsatisfactory
Jargon buster for the clearing system
Jargon buster
Humble OCC emerges from shadows
The Options Clearing Corporation, the largest equity derivatives clearing organisation has embarked on a string of deals in recent months
Europe’s post-trade infrastructure poised at the crossroads
A large group of clearers will spur competition, some say, while others argue consolidation is safer
A little oasis of calm for currencies
Progress has been made eliminating settlement risk in forex deals, but concerns remain
Learning from the Lehman catastrophe
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation in New York had been war-gaming a major collapse in the financial system before the Lehman collapse
Competition and challenges ahead
The solution to Europe’s post-trading woes will be earned the old fashioned way: by painstaking harmonisation and eliminating inefficiencies
Rules of engagement become blurry
Changes in the European clearing and settlement landscape mean the distinction between CSDs and custodians has become less clear-cut
Striving for a one-stop, straight through shop
Europe’s two major players in processing are about to be joined in competition by a third from the US
