ISDA has responded to CCIL proposals to create a margining and collateral service for non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives trades in India.
October 25, 2022CCIL says market participants have expressed a desire since 2016 for it to provide the centralised infrastructure needed for UMR compliance.
September 29, 2022VM rules were proposed in 2020 and will now take effect from 1 December 2022. IM rules are open for comment until 29 July 2022.
June 20, 2022The SA-CCR framework, having been finalised in 2014, does not adequately reflect structural changes in the derivatives market and the overall regulatory framework.
April 27, 2022While centrally cleared and non-centrally cleared markets faced similar levels of volatility in March and April 2020, IM requirements increased significantly only for centrally cleared derivatives.
October 27, 2021China has to address questions around close-out netting enforceability, which restrict the use of Chinese government bonds as IM in global derivatives markets.
April 3, 2021State Street found that 19% of Phase 5 and 6 firms are fully prepared for UMR compliance. Hedge funds are said to be the least prepared for compliance.
September 19, 2020A new BIS paper finds that a higher amount of CCP skin-in-the-game is associated with more careful risk modelling and less frequent margin breaches.
May 27, 2020Some CCP margin models underestimate market volatility because they rely on a short period of historical price movements from tranquil times, the paper says.
May 15, 2020While variation margin requirements will still take effect from 1 September 2020 as planned, initial margin requirements for non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives will be deferred by one year.
May 8, 2020