... cleared credit default swap (CDS) positions held in customer accounts. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a brief overview of the bifurcated approach taken to the regulation of CDS; explains the benefits of portfolio margining and the need for portfolio margining relief; and provides...

...Evan M. Koster; David Cohn; Daniel Meade Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the rule recently published by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission that establishes a timetable for the mandatory clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps through a clearinghouse. Design...