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“We engaged Epsilon to validate our mission critical valuation and hedge accounting model. We were impressed with the level of expertise of the Epsilon team members…”

Federal Home Loan Bank
Risk Group, Vice President

April 28, 2015

Derivative Clearing

EPSILON DERIVATIVE CLEARING SERVICES

Dodd-Frank Act brought to life Derivatives Central Clearing – a law that sets out requirements for all swaps dealers and major swap participants to:

  • Register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Select a clearing broker for all clearable trades and the clearing house over which the trade should be cleared
  • Affirm trade details on a matching platform such as MarkitServ
  • Send the trade over to clearing member and the clearing house for clearing
  • Face the Clearing house with Clearing Member as the agent once the trade is cleared

Epsilon works closely with clients to design, develop and implement solutions on clients’ Trading Platforms that enable them to address above listed regulatory requirements efficiently and effectively.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

  • Advising End Users and Swap Dealers on the Dodd Frank regulations
  • Understanding implementation challenges specific to every organization in implementing the Dodd Frank regulations
  • Working with clients to develop tactical and strategical solutions to support the regulations
  • Interpreting the organizational impact of regulatory change across functions, asset classes, and geographies
  • Understanding in-depth Dodd Frank and Basel III reporting regimes
  • Addressing data management challenges, including the assurance of timely, accurate, and complete data sets both for internal usage and for the regulators

IMPLEMENTATION:

  • Designing and applying technology architecture used to execute reporting
  • Building and implementing processes to support Derivatives Clearing for End Users
  • End user clearing solutions designed, executed and supported based on each client need

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    Epsilon Consulting Services

    135 W 41st Street
    New York, NY 10036

     

    (212) 480 2270

     


     

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