Challenge
OTC Derivatives
The Over The Counter (OTC) Derivatives market is underpinned by bespoke bilateral agreements that govern the terms of trading.
The importance of this market to the global economy came into sharp relief during the financial crisis when the complex web of interdependencies and in particular counterparty risk was exposed by the failure of Lehman Brothers and near failure of a number of other key banks.
One of the key aspects of this is in unlocking the contractual terms tied up in millions of paper-based contracts, terms which are designed to remove legal uncertainties and provide mechanisms to mitigate counterparty risk.
Financial Services
Trading environments require up-to-date, accurate information while regulation has forced financial institutions to provide better protection against counterparty risk and increase the transparency of their contracts.
Banking requirements vary widely from trading agreements through to orderly crisis resolution, client segregation and protection against proprietary trading.
Unreliable data continues to cost banks Millions in mis-priced trades, dispute resolution and ongoing operational effort.
Lyncs also provides our customers with the tools to respond rapidly to shock market events such as the financial crisis and now COVID-19. The economic impact of such events requires rapid access to accurate data such as ratings triggers, termination events and negative interest rates. Without a proper solution people reach for their contracts – such throw-away activities tend to be costly.
Regulation
Lyncs supports regulatory data management ranging from record keeping: Bank Recovery & Resolution Directive (BRRD), Qualified Financial Contracts (QFC) through to Margin Reform (legacy, variation and initial margin) as well as Benchmark (LIBOR) remediation.
Lyncs is unique in its ability to provide a data store that can feed your operational systems (risk, collateral, trading) that also meets the needs of regulatory projects.
Solution: Introducing Lyncs
Lyncs is offered as a complete service, combining our automated data collection technology, domain expertise and rigorous capture, review and quality assurance to provide our clients with certainty of outcome. The service can scale from small engagements with clients looking for a turn-key solution, through to enterprise wide installations. Many solutions available on the market offer only a subset of any clients needs; we can cover them all. Our platform can be used to view your one-off, but highly important documents alongside your high volume industry standard agreements.
A purpose built data extraction platform capable of processing any document
Unique validation and data capture features along with side by side data linkage provide trusted data
Consumable data can be analyzed using beautiful, interactive reports, or clients can overlay business intelligence tools on the reporting database for complete flexibility
A purpose built Application Programming interface provides simple but powerful integration, alongside schedule data exports
Lyncs Overview
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Luke Trigg
Paul Kelly
Javier Soley
Tedi Roca
Publications
LIBOR-Lite Module Launched – Low Cost Start To Benchmark Reform
Stop talking, start doing! Logical Construct are pleased to launch a new LIBOR module designed for organisations looking for a low-cost solution to automate the first stage of benchmark reform contract analysis. Recent market surveys indicate a large number of organisations are yet to start tackling benchmark reform, with many completely unsure of the scale Read more about LIBOR-Lite Module Launched – Low Cost Start To Benchmark Reform[…]
LIBOR transition: The FCA is thinking about conduct risk – are you?
The LIBOR transition is one of the broader reaching changes to affect the financial services industry in recent years due to the wide range of products it affects. As part of that process many existing financial products offered to clients will need to change, so along with the obvious costs and financial and operational risks Read more about LIBOR transition: The FCA is thinking about conduct risk – are you?[…]
LIBOR Module
While uncertainty still remains about what the migration path from LIBOR, EURIBOR and other rates affected by the reform really is, there is no doubt that change is inevitable. The one part that is certain therefore, is being able to identify which of your contracts are affected: They reference one of the rates; They will Read more about LIBOR Module[…]
LIBOR Benchmark Reform and Regulation in Lyncs
Document remediation projects are not new. Anyone working in Capital Markets in recent years can probably describe the steps involved as they tend to be similar each time. Recent battle scars in the derivatives world include Uncleared Margin Reform (UMR) where large volumes of derivatives documents had to be amended – first for variation margin and more Read more about LIBOR Benchmark Reform and Regulation in Lyncs[…]
Support for the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (BRRD)
Are you on top of your trade contracts with respect to BRRD and the 43 information fields required? The required BRRD information must be drawn from a combination of transactional, reference and legal contract data. While most banks will have the transactional and reference data in a digital format, many will not have the required Read more about Support for the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (BRRD)[…]
Logical Construct selected for RegTech 100 2019 – our second year!
Logical Construct selected for RegTech 100 2019
Logical Construct announces support for Initial Margin
Initial Margin Deadlines Looming With the next phase of the Initial Margin (IM) for uncleared derivatives in progress, increasing numbers of market participants will need to comply over the next 3 years. So far, only the largest sell-side banks have implemented, but more market participants with less pre-existing infrastructure will be caught by phases 3 Read more about Logical Construct announces support for Initial Margin[…]
The future of financial contract documentation
The legal industry is ripe for an injection of modern technology and that has not gone unnoticed by myriad start-ups all vying to bring the revolution. Creating better ways of doing things is often the easy part; the culture shift required for adoption is much harder, particularly when dealing with a profession steeped in tradition. Read more about The future of financial contract documentation[…]
Logical Construct and Thomson Reuters Collaborate on Contract Data Management
Thomson Reuters has teamed up with Logical Construct to help global financial institutions gain visibility into the key legal and economic terms and risks hidden within their legal documentation with a full-service contract data management solution.
“Many financial services companies still face the daunting challenge of accessing data that lies buried in image-based scans of contractual documents,” said Luke Trigg, Managing Director, Logical Construct. “We are excited Thomson Reuters is collaborating with us and leveraging our platform to round out its industry-leading legal managed services for the benefit of global banks and other financial institutions.”
BRRD requirements on minimum record keeping came into force while you were looking the other way!
Still sprinting for finishing line of Uncleared Margin Reform? Hope you are keeping good records!
With the banking regulation spotlights focused heavily on uncleared margin reform (UMR) for the last 6 months, you might not have noticed the latest Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive update on record keeping for financial contracts coming into law in October 2016, requiring banks to maintain specific, minimum records on their financial contracts.