International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)
Dealers eye model change to cure CVA capital headache
With hopes of EU regulatory carve-out fading, some banks are taking matters into their own hands
How Covid‑19 is impacting transition preparations
A forum of industry leaders, including the sponsors of this report, discusses key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic, the benefits and challenges…
Antitrust fears cloud Isda protocol – and fallback spreads
Wait for DoJ assurances could delay Libor transition plans and further unsettle rates trading
Beware of cliff edge in Libor fallbacks
Derivatives users may see a sudden change in the value of payoffs when Libor ends, Coremont analysts write
Libor webinar playback: Schooling Latter on timing of ‘death notice’
Benchmark cessation could be announced this year, FCA official reveals – news that has moved the market
Lagging futures market holding back swaptions RFR transition
“Elephant in the room” is hindering non-linear growth and swap market liquidity, say rates traders
Credit problem: SOFR faces uphill struggle in loan market
Furnishing Libor’s replacement with a credit-sensitive spread is proving to be a Sisyphean task
People moves: HKEX’s Charles Li to leave, new Isda directors, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
FRTB comes too late for Covid crisis
Expected shortfall would stop Basel 2.5 duplicate capital charges, but backtesting still a problem
After coronavirus rout, concerns raised about Simm
Annual recalibration means March volatility will not be reflected in margin until end-2021
EU banks seek FRTB delay, citing ‘strain’ of virus
Firms want leeway to fight market mayhem, minus burden of new reporting rules
Industry calls for suspension of IM compliance dates
Associations warn phase five deadline may no longer be possible for hundreds of buy-side firms amid Covid-19 disruption
Pre-cessation Ibor picture gets clearer
As the derivatives market has accepted the impending transition away from interbank offered rates, attention has turned to how best to manage it. Philip Whitehurst, head of service development, rates at LCH, explores how the clearing house is working…
Libor-SOFR blowout raises questions for fallback rate
Implied three-month SOFR v Libor basis gapped to 108bp on March 19
EC: No plans to delay IM phase five
EC official says Europe will go ahead with phase five initial margin requirements set to come into effect in September
Exchange shutdowns could trigger derivatives unwinds
Eight-day closure would invoke subjective valuation clauses; hedge disruption could cancel trades
China regulator to outline legal thinking on close-out netting
Coronavirus could delay things, but authorities are taking small steps on a thorny issue
Of rats and men: would member compensation imperil CCPs?
CCPs and members split over whether compensation after default losses is moral hazard or fair
India preps margin regime as parliament debates netting law
Lawmakers thrash out bill on close-out netting; margin rules likely to follow in H1
The UK’s path to EU equivalence: détente or detour?
Race to meet post-Brexit cross-border trading requirements will go down to the wire
Cross-border trading could suffer under IM rules
Conflicting US and EU cash reinvestment rules may force buy side to post bonds
Synthetic Libor faces legal obstacles
EU benchmark rules may thwart ‘tough legacy’ fix, reviving calls for blanket legislation
Margin exchange threshold relief: get out of jail free?
‘Game-changing’ IM exchange threshold relief may not be the phase five free pass it first appears
FCA dismisses Libor credit component concerns
UK regulator bemused by distress raised by US regional banks to Fed