Oracle Cloud Seminar
I was invited to an Oracle seminar last week, with the title “Banking on Cloud” and sub-title “The coming of age for Financial Services”. The main speaker was Bryan Glick, Editor in Chief of Computer Weekly. Computer weekly was a ubiquitous magazine found on every desk, when I started my IT career at Chase Manhattan […]
Central Counterparty Clearing Workshop
The Dodd-Frank Act in the US and the EMIR Directive in Europe have mandated the requirement for Interest Rate Swaps to be cleared at Clearing Houses. One of the most significant differences in market practices from this change is the requirement to post collateral to meet the Initial Margin requirement. “Initial Margin for Cleared Swaps” […]
OTC Derivatives for Fund Management Conference
On November 14th I was invited to speak on a panel at the Osney Media OTC Derivatives Fund Management Conference. The panel discussion before mine was titled “Focusing on counterparty risk in the new CCP world”. A number of interesting points were made by the panelists. LCH SwapClear stated that the Lehman’s default was handled […]
CCP Initial Margin for Interest Rate Swaps
The Dodd-Frank Act in the US and the EMIR Directive in Europe have mandated the requirement for Interest Rate Swaps to be cleared at Clearing Houses. One of the most significant differences in market practices from this change is the requirement to post collateral to meet the Initial Margin requirement. At the recent 13th Annual […]
Angel Investing in London – CityMeetsTech
I attended the CityMeetsTech event yesterday evening at the new Google Campus on Bonhill Street, EC2. The event was advertised as an opportunity for selected tech start-ups to pitch to angel investors. Each start-up to be given 3 minutes to pitch their slide deck and then 2 minutes for questions and onto the next. See […]