Counterparty risk
How gatecrashers could spoil the tokenisation party
Blockchain can curb settlement risks, but that could come at the expense of new third-party risks
Record $95bn in equities sits with US banks as OTC margin
Stocks on par with US Treasuries in top dealers’ collateral trove
SS&C Algorithmics: winner’s interview with Curt Burmeister
SS&C Algorithmics wins three categories in this year’s Markets Technology Awards in addition to Technology vendor of the year at the Risk Awards
Lifetime achievement award: Dennis McLaughlin
Risk Awards 2026: When the stakes are systemic, ex-Princeton prof is never far away
FICC to launch new default fund before UST repo clearing mandate
Clearing members expected to welcome FICC’s plans to separate loss mutualisation from margin
FICC takes record bite from MMF repo investments
Funds shift cash from the Fed’s ON RRP as cleared repos hit $1.11trn
Large US banks pile up CVA charges amid tariff shock
JP Morgan’s CVA risk-weighted assets saw largest jump in second quarter since Covid-19
Is the Netherlands the EU’s main source of counterparty risk?
Experts surprised by results of exploratory scenario in 2025 ECB stress-test
Danske shrinks CVA capital charges 44% after hedge revamp
Credit protection buying spree helps cut capital requirements to lowest level since 2014
Softer DFAST market shock favours Goldman but confounds comparability
Tweak to trading book test reveals widening gap between bank and Fed loss forecasts
One to watch: Fenergo
Energy Risk Awards 2025: SaaS firm brings digitalised counterparty management to energy and commodities
Till def(ault) do us part: reassessing counterparty risk between global systemically important banks and central counterparties
The authors investigate how far liquidity at G-SIBs may be available to CCPs prior to a G-SIB resolution beginning and before a forced closeout is necessary, allowing the G-SIB to continue trading with a CCP until a payment default occurs.
A peek under the hood of Canadian banks’ new CVA machine
Disclosures from the country’s top dealers offer first glimpse of how FRTB reforms can reshape capital gauge for potential losses on derivatives
Basel tweak may weaken counterparty hedging, industry warns
Proposed technical revision risks dissuading bespoke CDSs and guarantees covering derivatives exposures
Large banks safer for CCPs than they get credit for
Plentiful pre-positioned liquidity softens the blow of resolution, new research argues
US MMFs clear record one-third of repos via FICC
Trades executed through sponsored access hit a $865 billion high at end-2024
Dissecting initial margin forecasts: models, limitations and backtesting
The authors demonstrate that initial margin is not value-at-risk, but its approximation, and suggest a generic backtesting and verification framework that accommodates both forecasting limitations and existing models.
RBC’s CVA risk charges swell 42% in first year under FRTB
Bloating RWAs contrast with declines at peers employing new standardised approach
Review of 2024: as markets took a breather, firms switched focus
In the absence of major crises and rules deadlines, financial firms revamped strategy, services and practices
Credit risk transfer, with a derivatives twist
Dealers angle to revive market that enables them to offload counterparty exposures, freeing up capital
UniCredit slashes CCP exposures by nearly 40% in a year
Lower exposures at default for exchange-traded derivatives the main driver behind overall drop