Articles by Duncan Wood
The secret history of the OIS discounting bonanza
The Wild West
CFTC’s Gensler defends long arm of Dodd-Frank
CFTC chair says "it is critical" that US rules apply overseas, in article for Banque de France stability review
Q&A: Sylvie Matherat on extraterritoriality and central clearing
Europe and the US are at loggerheads over the territorial scope of new derivatives rules – as evidenced by a new financial stability review from the Banque de France – but agreement can be reached, says Sylvie Matherat, the central bank’s deputy director…
The struggle for consensus on European clearing addendum
The move to central clearing poses a huge documentation challenge. A standard template has been developed for European derivatives users – but will this solve the problem? By Duncan Wood and Lukas Becker
US foreign bank plans threaten bail-in system, says Finma
Cross-border resolution could be harder under US-style capital and liquidity plans, says Finma's head of bank supervision
Q&A: Mark Branson on the too-big-to-fail problem, modelling and Basel III
Switzerland went first – and furthest – on post-crisis banking reforms, making its industry a test case for the impact of the new regime. But it has not yet solved the too-big-to-fail problem, Mark Branson, chief bank supervisor at Eidgenössische…
JP Morgan manipulated VAR and CRM models at London whale unit - Senate report
Trading book capital measures were at heart of efforts to free up traders and reduce capital
Banks claim €300 billion hole in margin study
Banks call for Basel Committee and Iosco to rerun study on impact of uncleared margin rules after errors emerge
SG plans to securitise €1.9 billion of derivatives exposure
Deal is said to pay a coupon of 11% for first-loss protection – which some investors say is too low
Liquidity fears temper uncleared margin proposals
Rules see two-way posting of initial margin, but apply threshold of €50 million in counterparty risk
UBS gears up for slow getaway
A slow getaway
Global margin standards face further delays
Proposals to collateralise non-centrally cleared derivatives could now be subject to further consultation and impact assessment, having missed the original end-of-2012 deadline
Huge RPI swaps move catches market flat-footed
Some dealers said to have suffered losses after surprise decision to leave RPI methodology unchanged
Revealing the secrets behind RWA vanishing tricks
A weighty issue
