New capital requirements that take effect next year will make the business more attractive to commercial banks, which right now have a disadvantage to the brokers because they have to set aside more capital against margin loans to hedge funds.

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The company also looks set to see meaningful margin compression as gross margins for the Playbook dilute corporate averages and they grow opex to support the new products.

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Prime brokerages use its VAR model to set margin requirements for hedge fund clients.

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