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On Wednesday 14th May FINCAD sponsored a Lepus Research panel discussion on the “Challenges with Margin & Collateral Requirements for Non-centrally Cleared Derivatives” at Grocer’s Hall in London. The panellists included Chris Dickens, Global Head of Regulatory Change, HSBC, Karen Newton, Managing Director, Global Head of Collateral Management and Client Valuations, Credit Suisse, Mikael Sorboen

It was a well-attended and interesting panel discussion earlier this week at the Harvard Club where buy-side industry leaders came together to discuss some of the biggest regulatory challenges and the road ahead for buy-side risk. This is a timely topic indeed, as we see when looking at some regulations, such as AIFMD. It was mentioned on the panel that 80% of firms are unprepared for dealing with

Consensus and Disagreement FINCAD sponsored a panel discussion titled “Margin Requirements for Non-centrally Cleared Derivatives,” which was hosted by Lepus on April 30, 2014 in New York. Panelists and audience members seemed to agree on what brought us to this point, with the Lehman Brothers and the post-crisis environment leading to the 2009 G20 set of reforms morphing into margin requirements

The buy-side’s appetite for areas that were originally dominated by banks is kicking into high gear. According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the industry could be managing $100 trillion by 2020, which further paints a golden era for the industry ahead. With growth in the industry starting to balloon, international regulators are reviewing asset managers, especially those classified as “large asset

FINCAD participants just returned from sunny Dubai where we co-sponsored the IIR Risk Middle East 2014 conference. More than 70 risk professionals, primarily from the MENA region, participated in this two-day event. The morning of Day One focused strictly on regional and international regulatory issues and included a roundtable discussion of CRO’s from Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the U.S.A