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  • May

    SDRs: A modern day fairy tale 29 May 2013

    Allan D. Grody looks at how to overcome the challenges of fragmented Swaps Data Repositories in a global environment.

  • April

    CCPs: Models and Reality 30 April 2013

    Craig Pirrong, professor of finance at the University of Houston and author of the Streetwise Professor blog, takes a look at how academic CCP models don't match up to the reality.

  • Finding efficiencies in the promised land of cross-margining 24 April 2013

    As part of our interest rates special Galen Stops looks at some of the predicted savings from cross-margining and the practical and regulatory challenges to achieving them.

Poll

What is the main reason volumes down on derivatives exchanges this year?

Banks are cutting back on trading ahead of Volcker Rule
13%
Financial institutions are more risk averse
48%
Risk is too one directional
2%
Few new contracts are being launched
4%
Low interest rate environment
10%
Uncertainty about regulatory reform
24%