Netting
New capital requirements are making it more difficult for banks to trade with counterparties that are not covered by a netting opinion. That is spurring attempts to expand coverage, but can leave banks...
Court sets "dangerous precedent" in allowing local corporate to walk away from swap without compensating UniCredit
The relaxation of the LCR partially addresses the liquidity concerns of Asian banks over Basel III, but as the region moves towards the central clearing of over-the-counter derivatives concerns over the...
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Like many smaller markets that have signed up to the Group of 20’s reform agenda, South Africa has no onshore clearing house for over-the-counter derivatives. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is building one, but local banks have already started using...
The deadline set by the G-20 to clear all standardised OTC derivatives has passed but a lack of regulatory clarity over the shape of reform is hampering banks in the region
Panellists at Asia Risk Congress say there needs to be clarity on close-out netting in certain countries before establishing CCPs
The likely increase in the number of central counterparties will create more 'pockets of risk', says senior economist
A lack of legal statutes over netting in several Asian countries means OTC trades could become prohibitively expensive in a post-Basel III world, potentially pushing international banks out of some markets in the region
Banks and CCPs are pressing for changes to method of calculating default fund capital
Banks are offering to replicate the economics of OTC swaps in loan format - avoiding new capital and clearing rules
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