Originally published by Tom Lemmon, Bobsguide Understanding and monitoring the Average Aggregate Notional Amount (AANA) calculations as early as possible can provide firms caught by the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR), with an opportunity to reduce business costs and optimize trading … Read More
Knowing the lifetime cost of a derivatives trade
A partnership between Cassini Systems and thinkFolio is enabling investment firms to build a deeper understanding of their derivatives trading costs into pre-trade portfolio and execution decisions. The DESK asked Marco Knaap, Head of Business Development, at Cassini Systems and … Read More
Letter from the CEO – Summer 2020
Written by Liam Huxley, Founder and CEO, Cassini Systems. In a world of change, the Three ‘T’s are the key to a successful 2020. A year of dramatic change and unpredictability in many arenas. As we pass the midpoint of … Read More
Cassini Systems Named Best Margining Solution in FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020
LONDON / NEW YORK – 8 June 2020 – Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, today won the 2020 FTF News Technology Innovation Award for Best Margining Solution. Presented … Read More
What does optimization really mean to the industry?
Over the last few weeks, we at Cassini have been discussing why the buy-side needs collateral and cost optimization tools which provide margin transparency, collateral sufficiency, and the ability to understand margin drivers – enabling you to reduce your margin … Read More
Collateral Optimization: Moving to the front office
By Mohit Gupta, Senior Product Specialist, Cassini Systems ‘We now have just over 600 million tied up in collateral to satisfy our Initial Margin requirements’ was one of the statements of a COO in a meeting at a global asset … Read More
Evolution of Collateral : How do we see collateral management evolving in 5 years time?
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 led to a waft of sweeping regulations across the financial markets including the requirement of derivative transactions to be collateralized to reduce counterparty credit risk. Starting with posting collateral for variation margin (VM), … Read More
Cassini Commentary: UMR Implementation One-Year Delay
Cassini Commentary: UMR Implementation One-Year Delay Article from Liam Huxley, CEO & Founder, Cassini Systems As our clients and firms across the buy side begin to process the recent BCBS and IOSCO recommendation to delay by one year the implementation … Read More
How margin and collateral optimization can benefit your entire organization
The current unprecedented volatility has led to significant swings in Mark-To-Markets (MTM) and increased margin calls. Now more than ever, it is key that you are equipped with tools that will allow your firm to understand the costs, and drivers, … Read More
How pre trade collateral optimization can benefit the front office
The current unprecedented volatility has led to significant swings in Mark-To-Markets (MTM) and increased margin calls. Now more than ever, it is key that the front office are equipped with tools that will allow them to understand the costs, and … Read More
