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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...

Article published in Finadium’s Securities Finance Magazine, Issue 9 --------- The financial technology industry is seeing a move away from one-size-fits-all enterprise systems to cloud-native microservices based on the separation and segmentation of individual tasks. While these microservices can also be aggregated back into a big platform,...

Article featured in Securities Lending Times Collateral 2017/18 During the Calypso Client Conference in London, senior members of the Calypso product management and customer success management teams discussed how the firm’s Collateral Management solution is developing and how to anticipate the evolving needs of clients and the global financial...

Regulatory changes and challenging market conditions are driving many financial institutions to review their system infrastructure for collateral management. With tight budgets and regulatory deadlines approaching quickly, some firms prioritize short-term gains over longer term strategic investments. These quick win solutions can easily turn into...

When selecting a new collateral management system, market participants should take a long-term view toward the future. This article explores different deployment options available and what parameters to be considered. Read the complimentary article and find out the What Key Questions to ask when selecting a new collateral management system. ...

Calypso's latest reference paper, “Mark-to-Market P&L Analysis,” by Fabrice Thomas, describes how Calypso computes both MTM values and P&L for all asset classes. Because there are so many dimensions to measuring P&L, identifying the specific sources of gains or losses for large trading books can be quite challenging. Our comprehensive...

In 2010, Crédit Agricole CIB, Europe’s third-largest bank, went live in 23 global locations with the Calypso system to implement a global back office infrastructure to process all their treasury, FX and FX derivative products from a central, single instance of Calypso. These ambitious plans were aimed to reduce costs, increase efficiency,...

The Calypso portfolio management solution is designed to address the evolving needs of the market. Our Portfolio Workstation is a feature-rich command center that provides users with real-time portfolio insights as well as the ability to take action immediately. The workstation centralizes all position and risk data, ensuring investment managers...

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