Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110082783 | EXCHANGE TRADED AND MANAGED SOVEREIGN DEBT - A method of trading sovereign debt on an electronic trading exchange is disclosed. The method includes receiving financial parameters associated with a plurality of debt instruments offered by a sovereign entity, wherein the financial parameters include at least a maturity, a coupon and a rating, organizing the plurality of debt instruments according to their maturity and rating to define one or more debt instrument groups, defining a standardized financial product associated with each coupon in the one or more debt instrument groups, listing each standardized financial product on the an electronic trading exchange, and matching at least one of the standardized financial products with an order received at the electronic trading exchange. | 04-07-2011 |
20120323764 | FACILITATION OF PAYMENTS BETWEEN COUNTERPARTIES BY A CENTRAL COUNTERPARTY - A system for moving money between accounts of traders by a central counterparty to facilitate payments, i.e. the movement of funds, there between is disclosed which provides a flexible mechanism which supports simpler accounting, new types of derivatives contracts as well new types fees. The disclosed futures contract, referred to as a “payer” contract, comprises a “no-uncertainty” futures contract, i.e. the initial value and settlement value parameters are defined, that leverages the mechanisms of the clearing system to, for example, accommodate related payments. Accordingly, a 1-to-many relationship between contracts and prices is provided whereby each price component may be assigned its own payer contract. The function of the payer contract may be to guarantee the movement of money from related positions. In one embodiment, payer contracts are dynamically created whenever a payment is needed. | 12-20-2012 |
20130018770 | VARIABLE EXPOSURE CONTRACTAANM Co; RichardAACI ChicagoAAST ILAACO USAAGP Co; Richard Chicago IL USAANM Youngren; SteveAACI ElginAAST ILAACO USAAGP Youngren; Steve Elgin IL USAANM Wiley; JohnAACI New YorkAAST NYAACO USAAGP Wiley; John New York NY USAANM Boberski; DavidAACI WestportAAST CTAACO USAAGP Boberski; David Westport CT USAANM Labuszewski; JohnAACI WestmontAAST ILAACO USAAGP Labuszewski; John Westmont IL USAANM Nyhoff; JohnAACI DarienAAST ILAACO USAAGP Nyhoff; John Darien IL US - The disclosed embodiments relate to a futures contract, the value of which is based on the value of the underlying asset multiplied by a variable multiplier value which is based on a variable parameter. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018771 | LOGGED DERIVATIVE CONTRACTAANM Co; RichardAACI ChicagoAAST ILAACO USAAGP Co; Richard Chicago IL USAANM Youngren; SteveAACI ElginAAST ILAACO USAAGP Youngren; Steve Elgin IL USAANM Wiley; JohnAACI New YorkAAST NYAACO USAAGP Wiley; John New York NY USAANM Boberski; DavidAACI WestportAAST CTAACO USAAGP Boberski; David Westport CT USAANM Labuszewski; JohnAACI WestmontAAST ILAACO USAAGP Labuszewski; John Westmont IL US - The disclosed embodiments relate to creation and administration by automated means of Logged derivatives contracts. These contracts, e.g. a futures contract or “over the counter” (OTC) derivative, are cash-settled derivatives based on, and quoted by reference to, the natural logarithm of the value of the underlying product, e.g., the S&P 500. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024344 | BIFURCATED COMMODITY IDENTIFIERS - Novel systems and methods for selectively listing a commodity under one or more different commodity codes are provided. A single commodity may be selectively listed under different commodity codes based upon whether it is offered on an opening or closing basis. The commodity may be an Interest Rate Swap (IRS). It may be matched with bids according to a fixed rate variable when listed under the first code. The same commodity may then be listed on the same exchange under a second commodity code. In one embodiment, the commodity listed under the second commodity code may be matched with bids according to a different variable, such as, for example, a currency amount. In one implementation, the currency amount of the second variable may represent a non-par payment. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031020 | MARGIN AS CREDIT ENHANCEMENT CONTRACTS - Systems and methods are provided for implementing risk retention programs for originators and securitizers of asset backed securities. An administrative contract identified as a margin as credit enhancement contract is created for a corresponding asset backed security. A risk retention entity is assigned a long position for the margin as credit enhancement contract corresponding to a predetermined percentage of the asset backed security. A buyer of the asset backed security is assigned a short position for the margin as credit enhancement contract. When the asset backed security expires, a computer device settles the long and short positions of the margin as credit enhancement contract. | 01-31-2013 |
20130282554 | Interest Rate Swap Compression Match Engine - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for trading using a central counterparty which allows market participants to minimize risk and/or transactional fees associated with a portfolio of bilateral positions without substantially altering a risk profile thereof. In particular, the disclosed embodiments allow a market participant holding a portfolio of heterogeneous bilateral positions, such as positions in interest rate swap (“IRS”) contracts, to net together similar but not identical positions within their portfolio, thereby reducing margin requirements and/or transaction fees, according to criteria specified by the market participant, and which may be different from criteria specified by other market participants, wherein the overall risk exposure desired by the market participant in entering into the positions remains substantially unchanged as does the desired overall risk exposure of the counterparty market participants to those positions. | 10-24-2013 |
20140164201 | Price Alignment Interest in Collateralized Financial Instruments - A method for price alignment in a trade of a financial instrument between first and second market participants for whom first and second account records are maintained in a memory, respectively, and in which a mark-to-market loss is incurred and collateralized by the first market participant, includes determining, with a processor, an amount of an interest payment from the first market participant to the second market participant based on the mark-to-market loss, and accessing the memory to modify the first and second account records in accordance with the determined interest payment amount. | 06-12-2014 |