
Welcome to Margin Matters
Our Margin Matters Podcast Series has been specifically created to shine a light on critical areas and themes within the financial industry.
Listen, learn, and subscribe to our podcast, where we'll discuss the latest news and trends within the derivatives markets with our host, Virginie O'Shea, and new guests every episode.

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Latest Episodes
EPISODE 03
November 17th, 2020
Collateral Management Matters
Episode three of Margin Matters tackles the topic du jour of collateral management in stressed markets. What has the industry learned in 2020 and what can we expect in 2021? State Street’s Ingvar Sigurjonsson, Managing Director of Funding and Collateral transformation, and Chris Watts Co-Founder and Director of Margin Tonic, join series regular and CEO of Cassini Systems, Liam Huxley, to discuss everything from collateral traffic jams to collateral optimization with host and founder of Firebrand Research, Virginie O’Shea. We also take a quick look at ISDA’s proposals to join together the worlds of collateral with securities financing.
EPISODE 02
September 8th, 2020
The Unintended Consequences of Finreg
EPISODE 01
Derivatives, WFH Edition
In our inaugural Margin Matters podcast, fintech founders Liam Huxley of Cassini Systems and Christian Nentwich of Duco talk to Virginie O’Shea from Firebrand Research about how they got into the industry, what they’ve learned during the crisis and the unique challenges the industry has faced so far in 2020. We also delve into the regulatory delays for key pieces of derivatives regulation such as UMR and get the lowdown on what the European Commission has in store for the rest of the year.
Be Our Guest
We already have plans for upcoming episodes but we'd love to involve leading firms and people in the industry to lift the lid on margin, analytics, FinTech, finance and more.
If you've got something to say and would like to be part of our broadcast please get in touch right away - click below and use the form on our Contact page.