This article was originally published in Bloomberg Brief’s inaugural Financial Regulation Asia-Pacific Region Special on Aug. 1, 2014.
GreySpark’s Shekar Says Rising Bilateral Trade Costs to Impact Australian OTC Market
Malavika Shekar, consultant at GreySpark Partners in Australia, says the rising cost of trading and funding margin on bilateral trades, the shift in liquidity from the bilateral to the cleared markets and the advent of electronic platform trading are three factors that will impact Australian buy-side firms in the over-the-counter derivatives market as regulators take steps to make local requirements stronger.
