The Trade The changing face of derivatives reporting Chris Childs, managing director, head of repository and derivatives services at DTCC, and CEO and president of DTCC Deriv/SERV, tells The TRADE about the industry’s need for a new approach to derivatives reporting. Published In DTCC Chris Childs, managing director, head of repository and derivatives services at DTCC, and CEO and president of DTCC Deriv/SERV Among the forces that have shaped the global financial industry over the last decade – including relentless cost-cutting pressures and rapid technological advances – arguably one of the most consequential has been the proliferation and continual updating of regulatory mandates. In particular, reporting mandates for derivatives transactions resulting from the 2008 financial crisis have presented unique challenges for firms due to their complexity and jurisdictional discrepancies.