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CME faces battle for clients after Treasuries clearing approval
Some members not ready to commit to 2026 start date; rival FICC enhances services
US banks hoping for end of DFAST global market shock
As Fed consults on stress-test reform, lobby group argues regulator is double-counting market risk
Risk Awards 2026: The winners
Citi claims top derivatives prize, lifetime award for Dennis McLaughlin, JP Morgan wins equities
Compression eases capital, risk bottlenecks amid CNH swap boom
Dealers say multilateral compression for yuan cross-currency swaps can increase trading capacity
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
Destabilising: is stablecoin deposit drain a bank funding risk?
While some fear a trillion-dollar flight to stablecoin, others doubt crypto is an existential threat for banks
Lloyds draws a (second) line on AI risk
Model risk office is accountable for managing the risk of AI roll-out at the UK bank
Banks grapple with Fed’s double deadline on stress-test plans
Supervisor consulting simultaneously on next year’s test scenario and broader model changes
Credit Suisse AT1 ruling may only benefit a third of bondholders
Swiss law may mean only bondholders who appealed writedown get compensation, if there is any
How US hedge funds won big on permission to clear at JSCC
But CFTC no-action letter won’t allow netting of Japanese trades with those cleared at US FCMs
Cyber risk triggers alarm bells for credit portfolio managers
Attack on Jaguar Land Rover highlights difficulties modelling unpredictable impact of outages
First line of defence dominates third-party risk management
1LoD survey finds 86% of control functions think they have sole responsibility for vendors
US bank CROs see only ‘modest’ credit risk from tariffs
Risk Live North America: Lower margins are early sign of stress, but Ally, Citizens and Pinnacle confident on loan books
Robinhood looks to ‘Chaos Monkey’ for op resilience playbook
Risk Live North America: US broker is ditching emails, using chaos engineering and automating everything in sight
Genius Act piles pressure on shrinking OCC, says Hsu
Risk Live North America: former agency head fears stablecoin vetting could “crowd out” other duties
24/7 trading roll-out risks pushback, industry veterans say
DRW’s Wilson warns of “mutiny” on non-stop rate options trading
FMX-LCH arrangement delivers first portfolio margining
Marex enables client to reduce clearing margin owed across swaps and futures portfolio
Accounting fix brings FICC agent clearing a step closer
SEC accepts Sifma interpretation, but firms still need their own opinion and capital clarity
Asia’s bank risk managers brace for tariff stress
Banks keep a close eye on clients, and dust off risk transfer toolkit
Swaps or futures? Clearers grapple with CME’s event contracts
New prediction contracts straddle the line between futures and swaps, Risk.net understands