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In its recent report Expanding Connectivity: Exploring the Challenges and Solution in Trading New Markets, Acuiti and BSO asked which new markets trading firms were considering adding over the next three years.
For a decade until March 2020, the dual headwinds of low interest rates and subdued volatility had a significantly detrimental impact on revenues for sell-side clearing providers.
Our recently published Digital Asset Trading 2022 Whitepaper, produced in partnership with Eurex, surveyed 191 firms from across the market to learn more about institutional adoption of digital assets, the instruments they trade, and the opportunities and challenges of trading cryptocurrencies. Find out more about the report key takeaways:
Cryptocurrency proponents have long banged the drum for regulation of their market. As covered in Acuiti’s Q2 Crypto Derivatives Manager’s Insight report, well-constructed frameworks for these assets are seen as an essential ingredient to bringing institutional investment into the market.
In this quarter’s Clearing Management Insight Report, which was published last week, we take a deep dive into reference data.
From later this year and running into the next, multiple jurisdictions will bulk up their regulatory reporting frameworks to better align with global standards. They hope this will improve the quality of data that regulators use to supervise derivatives markets and create a more harmonised view of derivatives transactions and the market as a whole.
As the 6th and final phase of Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) approaches, many hedge funds are still uncertain about whether they will fall into scope for Initial Margin (IM) rules for uncleared derivatives.
The outbreak of intense volatility that hit global markets last month marked the first major test for global derivatives clearing members since the outbreak of Covid-19 in February and March 2020.
Firms across capital markets are managing significantly elevated levels of risk following the Russian invasion of Ukraine with cyber risk, market risk and reputational risk rising up the list of concerns for executives.
Acuiti has partnered with technology firm KRM22 to develop the Capital Markets Risk Sentiment Index (CMRSI) – a benchmark of how different risks are perceived by Senior Executives across the market and how able they are to deal with them.