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Q&A on Risk Management

Strate’s Head of Risk, Dale Connock, was recently approached with questions from the Africa & Middle East Depositories Association (AMEDA) on the CSD Settlement Guarantee. Here is what he had to say …

REGIS-TR to assist in the development of a South African Trade Repository for over-the-counter derivatives

Strate has entered into an agreement with REGIS-TR to licence their software to Strate in the development of a local Trade Repository in accordance with South African regulatory requirements…

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Strate and REGIS-TR collaborate to develop local trade repository

To ensure South Africa benefits from world-renowned technology, South Africa’s licenced Central Securities Depository (CSD) Strate has entered into an agreement with REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, to assist in the development of a South African trade repository for …

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The importance of a Trade Repository

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, great concern was expressed over the lack of transparency and risk management of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market …

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New CPSS IOSCO Principles are leaving nothing to chance

The infamous largest passenger liner of its time, the RMS Titanic, promised the world it would not sink and yet its powerful design still was no match for the iceberg that sent it to its underwater grave. Similarly, there were those financial entities who claimed that they were too large to fail …

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The importance of a Trade Repository for over-the-counter derivatives

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, great concern was expressed over the lack of transparency and risk management of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, which many believed to be one of the fundamental causes for …

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Building resilience to withstand the unexpected – The new CPSS IOSCO recommendations

Turn back the clock five years and many thought that large banks were too big to fail. The events of 2008 have reversed this perception and financial institutions and regulators are looking to create stability …

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