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Indian corporates turn to forex options
A precipitous fall in the value of the rupee combined with a restrictive regulatory framework for forex hedging has prompted Indian corporates to pile into the options market
The RMB is liberalising at a greater pace now than at any time in the past and despite a slowdown in growth, mainland authorities are pushing ahead with currency reforms
Stockholm-based TriOptima has designed a way to transfer unclearable risk into a central counterparty. All the company has to do now is convince the world’s regulators to change their rules. By Michael...
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Conspiracy theory: Lawyers gear up for high-stakes Libor case
Libor manipulation fines and civil lawsuits could cost banks anywhere from $1 billion to tens – or even hundreds – of billions, according to early estimates. But plaintiffs have a high legal bar to clear. Peter Madigan reports
UK banks face up to SME swap misselling claims
The UK’s big four banks are set to review 28,000 interest rate hedging trades with smaller companies after the Financial Services Authority found evidence of serious failings in sales practices. How widespread were the problems and what went wrong?...
Risk 25: How Basel III is turning borders into barriers
Increasing prices on cross-currency swaps as a result of Basel III’s credit value adjustment charge are making it harder for companies to issue bonds overseas – this is just one example of the fragmentation of global capital markets
Risk 25: Banks prepare for a low-RWA future
Reining-in capital consumption – and then keeping it low – will be the top priority for many banks over the next five years. But it’s not clear how much fat there is to cut, and whether regulators will smile on more innovative schemes
Risk 25: No more heroes in quantitative finance?
Scientific theories are supposed to be smooth processes, with progress building on progress. But sometimes a theory gets such a shock that it needs to be completely rethought – and quantitative finance is in the middle of such an upheaval
Diverse netting approaches create OTC headache
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
CCP recovery and resolution: New tools, but no rules
Some clearing houses are adopting loss allocation mechanisms as a last line of defence if one or more clearing members default. That might help a central counterparty get back on an even keel, but what happens afterwards is unknown. Matt Cameron reports...
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