Articles by Frederico Mollet
Quant jobs at risk from tech advances
But humans and 'intelligent' computers a strong combination, hedge fund managers say
Matching adjustment repack structures revealed
Public company filings show details of Aviva’s single senior note structure, L&G’s £6 billion forex repack
Model firms vie to pinpoint ‘X factor’ in private equity, property
Difficulties gathering data plague efforts to determine correlation between private and publicly traded assets
Transitional resets pose reporting challenge for insurers
Uncertainty over approval process leaves firms “in limbo”
BlackRock pitching long-short ETF trades as cash alternative
Investors turning to ‘cash-and-carry’ approach using exchange-traded funds
Eurex faces questions on savings from buy-side clearing
CCP rebuffs argument that direct membership model will add to risk
Banks pitch auto-resetting CSAs to cut leverage ratio and XVAs
Regular settlement of margin would reduce swaps' residual maturity
Banks pushing Eurex to allow hedge funds into cleared repo
Prime brokers proposing to guarantee the performance of clients’ trades
Smaller firms get boost on timing for non-cleared margin
Counterparties will be able to offset extra collateral calls, says source close to EBA
Eurex pilots direct clearing for the buy side
CCP predicts 80% reduction in capital charges for banks acting as clearing agents
Liquidity obsession 'irrational', says UK rail pension head
Chief executive of railways pension group says cost controls more important
Pensions industry says permanent Emir exemption not enough
European Parliament and UK regulator push for carve-out, but industry unimpressed
Buy-siders hope for late reprieve on margining for non-cleared swaps
National supervisors coming round to industry view on same-day settlement, say sources
Flexibility a sticking point in buy-side resolution stay protocol
Firms want a choice of the counterparties covered, regulators are opposed
Banks unyielding in contract talks on clearing
European buy-siders that leave clearing-contract talks too late could be told 'take it or leave it', lawyers warn
The ideas on offer to calm buy-side repo fears
Comprehensive solution to the challenges pension funds will face under central clearing remains out of reach
LCH.Clearnet considering repo lines to pension funds
CCP talking to pension funds about becoming direct repo counterparty
Pension funds press for central bank repo backstop
Bank of England support seen as 'only' option to ease collateral fears