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New regulations have opened up a Pandora’s box of opportunities and challenges. What effects are we seeing on the market? Alan Sheehan, Director Product Management for Calypso, discusses the current landscape of collateral management and touches upon how technology can come into play in unlocking opportunities.

Feedback from participants in the first four UMR phases suggests that providing the data required for ISDA SIMM in the correct format is not a straightforward process, while many smaller firms coming in-scope for UMR in phases 5 and 6 are finding it a very real challenge indeed. One reason is the difficulty of pulling together all the data...

insights gained from Calypso clients across all regions over the summer of 2019 informed this study, which highlights the main areas of concern and shows how these vary across regions, reflecting the stage of transition reached in each area. Download the infographic to see where your concerns sit in relation with those of other financial...

ISDA’s ‘next generation’ versions of the Reg IM documentation set out three different options for managing the combination of IA and Reg IM, in the ‘margin flow approach’: Distinct (IM) approach Greater of (IM/IA) approach Allocated (IM/IA) approach Each comes with different levels of system and operational complexity and, crucially, a...

The question is no longer if but when. LIBOR will transition across at a point in the future and many areas of the BAU process will be affected in one way or another. Continuing our ‘Demise of LIBOR’ series, Calypso summarises recent developments and warns not to underestimate the impact of LIBOR transition on your systems. The implications...