Bonds
Evergrande stress boosts fledgling China CDS indexes
Interest surges in products seen as better gauges of credit risk for embattled property sector
Banks plan first yen Libor bond transitions
SG and Crédit Agricole Tona switches expected to be first bonds that ditch outgoing Japanese rate
Bumpy ride expected as Libor reaches end of road
Heavy reliance on contractual fallbacks leaves market facing series of post-cessation risks
After FTSE inclusion, China bonds still face CNY hedge hurdles
Lack of pricing competition and costly hedges top buy-side hurdles to investing in China, says ChinaFICC CEO
US funds regain their nerve in index CDS market
Counterparty Radar: Pimco, Western AM push protection selling to new high, as buying dips
Bond hedging: China must be bolder
Opening access to bond futures market for foreigners could give big boost to China govvies market
Non-bank growth in e-credit spurs dealer algo push
As the likes of Jane Street capture more electronic business, dealers are reassessing their capabilities
EU consolidated bond tape could boost all-to-all trading
Greater confidence in pricing may also have eased Covid liquidity crunch, says Dimensional exec
RMB house of the year: Standard Chartered
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Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Synthetic Libor gets cautious approval as swaps fix
‘Tough legacy’ solution could mop up $2.7trn-equivalent of non-cleared sterling and yen derivatives
House of the year, Australia: ANZ Bank
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BlackRock to grant funds power to track climate risks
Aladdin system holding trillions of dollars to show whether funds are burning the Earth or saving it
Insurers’ favourite credit rating becomes more expensive
US institutions face a dilemma: go up a rating and lose yield or go down a rating and increase risk
Green bonds risk failing TLAC test
Europe’s banks – in their scramble to issue ethical debt – butt up against tough rules on loss-absorbing capital
A defence against the next convexity crunch
Crédit Agricole rates traders describe a new way of hedging the risk of bond convexity
Mizuho tries its hand in European rates
Japanese bank bets on handful of deep relationships to compete in crowded European market
Federal bill unpicks some, not all, US Libor legacy knots
Legislative effort is progressing with bipartisan support, but non-US law contracts won’t benefit
Mitsubishi to issue first FRN linked to Japan’s risk-free rate
Issuer to use a compounded in-arrears average of Tona with 10-day observation shift
Federal tough legacy fix gives nod to alternative rates
Legislation does not “disfavor” alternative rates, but safe harbour may not stretch beyond SOFR
Banks hail UK plan to pare scope of taxing pre-trade reporting
UK wants to exempt bonds and OTC derivatives from Mifid rules on pre-trade transparency
After bruising EU model review, banks ask: ‘Why bother?’
Post-Trim changes erode capital savings from internal models while raising their running costs
Term SOFR gets cautious blessing for derivatives
ARRC use cases for forward RFR could accelerate derivatives’ availability, though dealers must warehouse basis risk