Written by Vardaan Kohli, Product Specialist, Cassini Banks overhaul Prime Brokerage Lending after suffering $10 Billion in losses to Archegos; how can hedge funds navigate this? After suffering huge losses from providing excessive leverage to a family office run by … Read More
The Art of Listening: Highly Effective Financial Technology Leaders listen to customers and look to solve their problems
Author: Colin Slight. First published by Harrington Starr In this second article in our series on the 7 habits of highly effective financial technology leaders we speak to Colin Slight of The Realization Group and Liam Huxley, CEO & Founder, Cassini … Read More
The 3 C’s of UMR – Compliance, Controls and Cost
Phases 5 and 6 of Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) come into force in September 2021 and 2022, respectively. Some firms are working towards simply complying with the regulations, but a more strategic operational infrastructure will help them manage trading, cost … Read More
FINTECH FOCUS TV: With Liam Huxley, CEO and Founder at Cassini Systems
FINTECH FOCUS TV: Liam Huxley, CEO and Founder at Cassini Systems This month, Cassini’s CEO Liam Huxley had the pleasure of sitting down with Toby Babb, CEO of Harrington Star, on their hugely popular FINTECU FOCUS TV. On this episode … Read More
Regulations, Volatility, and Cost Pressures in 2021
Regulations, Volatility, and Cost Pressures As we make our way into the depths of 2021 and everything else that comes with it, asset managers now have to put in place business processes to address three concerns: Regulatory compliance with Clearing … Read More
Effective AANA management can move firms outside scope of UMR
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
