Articles by Ben St. Clair
Callable repack frenzy opens up new options market in Europe
Demand driven mainly by French life insurers looking for alternatives to low-yielding sovereign bonds
CanDeal ideal: could Canada make a sea-change in e-trading?
E-trading firm aims to capture all Canada’s electronic fixed income trade, requiring a culture shift
Mutual funds slow to adopt SOFR
Regulatory filings show just 55 trades linked to the rate in the year to September 2020
Options pricing framework buckles under GameStop frenzy
Wild retail trading sees calls sink below intrinsic value ahead of expiry as puts break spot correlation
ETF options: the market’s latest credit hedge
Investors look to derivatives on fixed income exchange-traded funds to manage credit risk exposure
Nascent green repo market promises new market ‘ecosystem’
Market participants see demand for repo backed by green collateral
US Fed facility bought Libor bonds with ‘weak’ fallbacks
Industry surprise over purchase of floaters linked to doomed benchmark
LCH plans Libor swap switch to RFRs
Proposal would see trades moved to compounded RFRs, with cash compensation paid to those who lose out
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Cross-currency swaps will use RFRs on both legs, says JP exec
Despite slow start, all-RFR swaps will become the market standard within a year, according to Tom Prickett
SOFR trading tails off after ‘big bang’ boost
Volumes peak, then slow down on CCPs’ shift to new RFR, but remain above 2020 averages
CCP discount switch drives record SOFR swap volumes
Historic move off fed funds discounting leads to trading surge
Forward momentum: the new world of NDF trading
NDF landscape is changing as trading volumes drive electronification and algo execution – but challenges remain
Sterling swap traders brace for new Sonia switch deadline
Covid delays force regulators to set new date for interdealer swap market to price off RFR
Bonds go back to the future as electronic volumes grow
Surge in bond ETFs and portfolio trades accompanies investor return to platforms
Buy side confronts dealers over unreliable bond prices
Investors are quantifying the quality of indicative prices and banding together to tackle the issue
People moves: Huey Evans joins IHS Markit board, new tech risk head at HKeX, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Dealers vie with Markit to electronify bond issuance
Competing platforms could split the market for new issuance in Europe and the US
Goldman signs up as NDF client clearer at LCH
US bank expecting jump in cleared trades when initial margin rules hit buy side
Federated Hermes’ Murray on psychology and risk management
Buy-side risk survey: top executive talks about learning from Daniel Kahneman and client behaviour
How UBS AM dealt with Covid-19 crunch
Buy-side risk survey: Swiss giant had planned for liquidity squeeze, says CRO – but not one like March
Non-cleared euro swaps market wrestles with discount rate switch
Buy-siders prepare for valuation change from move to €STR
Preparation paid off for funds during Covid liquidity crunch
Buy-side risk survey: how asset managers weathered the liquidity crisis in March
Buy side hopes for best execution reporting carve-out
After EC exempts venues from best execution reporting, Aima hopes RTS 28 reports will be next