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Hedge funds rev up short-vol trade in zero-day options
Firms are capping exposures to avoid a rerun of 2018’s ‘Volmageddon’ unwind
FDIC scrutinised over move to cover all SVB deposits
Advisory panel questions whether guaranteeing uninsured deposits was necessary to prevent contagion
IAIS flags concerns about offshore reinsurance growth
Insurers passing risk to foreign firms makes regulation harder, report says
Risk data
EU exposures carve-out cuts BNPP’s G-Sib surcharge once more
French bank remains sole beneficiary of intra-bloc cross-jurisdictional activity waiver for the second consecutive year
Mirfendereski joins MUFG as inflation head
Former HSBC inflation chief joins Japanese bank in London after study break
Risk Awards 2024
JP Morgan wins derivatives house, lifetime award for El Karoui, Barclays wins rates
Basel III endgame
FRTB managers face hard facts about risk factors
There are ways to reduce the capital charges caused by NMRFs, but they come at a price
Party’s over as more banks drop internal models for market risk
At least three systemic banks in Europe intend to ditch IMA for capital requirements
EC to adopt NII outlier test within ‘weeks’
New IRRBB rules could come into force in early 2024; industry hoping EBA draft is softened
Filling the gaps in Basel’s interest rate risk measures
Reverse stress-testing or VAR may work better than existing outlier tests, but are hard to manage
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EU exposures carve-out cuts BNPP’s G-Sib surcharge once more
French bank remains sole beneficiary of intra-bloc cross-jurisdictional activity waiver for the second consecutive year
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US life insurers piled into index options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: Lincoln Financial, Global Atlantic lead expansion; Goldman claims top dealer spot
Clearing
Hard concentration: clearing members want clarity from CCPs
FCMs complain they struggle to pass opaque margin calculations through to end-clients
Buy side still prefers bilateral repo despite LCH margin update
New model will cut margin faster after stresses abate, but costs still high for directional trades
New UK clearing rules: same as the old rules?
Clearing experts doubt UK regulation can diverge significantly from Emir and global standards
Nickel odium: critics pan BoE role in LME meltdown
Last year’s nickel fiasco calls into question effectiveness of UK supervisory model – and of central bank’s part
Bank QIS teams take zero-day options plunge
JP Morgan sees better risk/reward profile for 0DTE-based trend strategies
Pension funds
Dutch pension reforms face political uncertainty
Elections cast doubt on pension funds’ ongoing transition to defined contribution structure
PFZW’s payout to pensioners jolts euro swap curve
Dutch retirement fund’s announcement of unexpectedly large indexation takes market by surprise
Buy-siders bemoan ‘dark arts’ of corporate bond CSA discounting
Litany of pricing variables fuel wide differences in how dealers calculate discount rates for collateral agreements
Big pension schemes are pushing back on private market fees
Schemes offer evergreen investment and cut managers to secure improved terms
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