Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 87: Disaster Recovery & Initial Margin Rules

James talks about his trip to Chicago and some of the interesting topics that came up (including a look at disaster recovery demands). Then Anthony and James touch on ISDA's initial margin rules, with Phase 3 going live next year.

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On the podcast, Anthony and James first preview Waters’ first-ever fintech event, before discussing James’ trip to Chicago. Then they look at how phase-three firms are preparing to comply with Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) guidelines for the mandatory exchange of initial margin on non-cleared derivatives trades. Finally, they wrap things up by discussing all things European soccer.

1:00 A look at the inaugural London Fintech Innovation Summit and why you should care.

6:15 James talks about his trip to Chicago to cover the SS&C client conference: the hunt for talent, regulation, rebalancing and disaster recovery prove to be areas of interest for many in attendance.

14:00 New initial margin rules that will go live next year.

17:30 A Brit talks about the English Premier League and Champions League, with a focus on Chelsea—yet another reason to dislike James.

 

Contact Info

As is the case with everything we do, we'd love to get some feedback from our listeners. Feel free to reach out to Anthony via Twitter or email.

Anthony: @a_malakian; Anthony.Malakian@incisivemedia.com

James: @JimRundle; James.Rundle@incisivemedia.com

 

Past 10 episodes:

Episode 77: A Look at Mifid II Developments & the Use Cases for Behavioral Analytics

Episode 78: JavaScript Challenges & CFTC Revisits Reporting Regs

Episode 79: IBM's Major Moves & FCA Worries about Mifid II Readiness

Episode 80: All About Digital Currencies (And Some Libor, Politics & Game of Thrones)

Episode 81: Fintechs in the Regulatory Crosshairs & Brexit Fallouts

Episode 82: An Examination of ESG & What's New With Reg SCI

Episode 83: Systematic Internalizers & RegTech

Episode 84: Quantum Computing & IBOR/Blockchain

Episode 85: Cybersecurity & Dos/Don'ts for PRs

Episode 86: Nasdaq’s Use of Machine Learning & T+2 Comes to North America

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