In the past few years, OCC has taken steps to strengthen its resilience through a variety of activities including increasing headcount, working to revamp the clearinghouse’s technology stack and altering margin methodologies, to name a few. In this video, OCC Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Scot Warren talks about the OCC’s new capital management policy.
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Ushering In The OCC’s Renaissance – John Davidson, OCC
The OCC’s ENCORE clearing system, while resilient, is long in the tooth and inflexible. OCC’s Project Renaissance aims to revamp the central counterparty’s data, risk management and clearing systems. The OCC chose Cinnober as a partner for the...
The Spread – OTC Options: Prescription Needed? – 3/1
If Christopher Walken were a derivatives exchange executive, he might be known for the quote, "I got a fever, and the only prescription... is more clearing!" This this week's episode features the following stories: -BusinessWire -> CAT NMS...
OCC returns $110 million to exchanges as capital plan unwind begins; Trend-following failures
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightFed Chief Jerome Powell Says U.S. Economy 'Is in a Good Place'Nick Timiraos - WSJ (SUBSCRIPTION)Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is doing...
MSCI hands Chinese stocks bigger global role; NYSE Dumps Bots for Humans
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffTT's Chief Marketing Officer Brian Mehta's excellent interview with tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi revealed tZERO tentatively plans to launch the first...
The Spread – Alternative History – 2/15
It was a semi-slow week for options news, the big exception being the SEC's surprise rejection of the OCC's capital plan. In this episode, we wonder what could have happened in a different universe. The following are stories referenced in...
OCC Capital Plan Rejected by SEC; Brief Price Gaps Cost Investors $2 Billion a Year
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SEC rejects OCC’s capital plan; Beware pools of liquidity – they could be a mirage
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe inimitable Nils-Robert Persson stepped down as executive chairman of Cinnober yesterday after 20 years with the firm. In a post in LinkedIn, he said he...
The OCC Capital Plan; LME’s Copper Dominance Tested; VIX Surge
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight Tuesday's Tidbits Spencer Doar - JLN Yes, the VIX has been on the rise, but VIX activity pales in comparison to that of Cboe's Brazilian volatility gauge (VXEWZ), which is the VIX...
Cboe turns to machines to police VIX; OCC’s capital plan; Chinese copper options
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight T.G.I. (Almost) F. or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Pot Stock Volatility Spencer Doar - JLN Weed stocks are way more volatile than the...
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