Derivatives market participants increasingly know that a better understanding of margin can improve trading activities by reducing trading costs. In a Q&A, Thomas Griffiths, Head of Product at Cassini Systems, explores how intelligent margin and collateral analytics used through the trade … Read More
Liquidity Resilience Achievable for any Market Scenario
LONDON / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / SINGAPORE, 4 July 2023 – Internationally, increased volatility and market instability have driven liquidity risk to extremes, resulting in many companies seeing the cost of derivatives and margin exponentially increase and, in extreme cases, … Read More
The PSA Clearing Mandate Exemption has ended: What does this mean for pension funds?
Under the EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation), many companies have had to centrally clear a large portion of their over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts through Central Counterparty Clearing (CCPs) since 2016. PSAs (Pension Scheme Arrangements), however, have been exempt from … Read More
Useful links to transportation, restaurants, and activities in Chicago for Commodity Trading Week Americas!
Join Cassini and the team from next Thursday, 8th June, for two days of inspiration, education, and connection at Commodity Trading Week Americas! We hope to see you there; feel free to visit us at our booth for a catch-up … Read More
APAC liquidity requirements drive need for new Cassini Singapore presence
LONDON / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / SINGAPORE, 31 May 2023 – With recent periods of high volatility and margin calls skyrocketing in recent years, financial institutions have been re-examining how best to manage liquidity. The APAC region is no … Read More
Market movements: No margin for error
Thomas Griffiths, head of product at Cassini Systems, explores margin and collateral analytics technology and its role in liquidity risk management for derivatives trading. Due to regulatory reform, most derivatives trades have dealt with the daily exchange of Variation … Read More
Cassini Systems Named Best Analytics Solution to Address Capital Requirements, Liquidity Risk
LONDON / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / HONG KONG, 22 May 2023 – Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre-and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, has been named ‘Best Analytics Solution To Address Capital Requirements / Liquidity Risk’ … Read More
Energy Markets ‘One to Watch’ Status Awarded to Cassini Systems
LONDON / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / HONG KONG, 16 May 2023: Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre-and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, is pleased to be selected as a recipient of the “One to Watch” … Read More
CF Partners deploys Cassini Systems to manage Initial Margin
LONDON / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / HONG KONG, 10 May 2023 – Cassini Systems, the industry leader of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, announces today its partnership with CF Partners, the leading provider … Read More
The SVB collapse, and the lessons that followed in liquidity management
The collapse Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a commercial bank in California that failed on March 10, 2023. To date (at the time of writing on March 28, 2023), it was the 16th largest bank in the USA by deposits … Read More