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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...
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,...
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.
Uncleared margin reform – Variation Margin CSA model launched
Logical Construct launches Variation Margin data capture solution to help banks meet the uncleared margin reform deadlines.
If you value the accuracy of your data and want to do something better in less time, come and talk to us.
Margin reform for uncleared derivatives: ensure you build on solid foundations
Margin reform regulation requires non-cleared derivatives users to repaper their ISDA documentation.
Vendor offerings exist to address client outreach through renegotiation, including smart, rule driven solutions that cover document assembly and metadata recording at point of authoring.
Few are addressing how this co-exists with legacy documentation, or allows new documents and contracts authored elsewhere to be captured.