Articles by Helen Bartholomew
Race to create term risk-free rates hots up
Markit joins term Sonia hopefuls; four providers release term €STR plans
UK swaps carrot for stick in Libor switch
BoE committee mulls policy action, which could include capital hikes on Libor exposures
Lloyds wins consent to flip £1bn covered bond to Sonia
The conversion, backed by 99.84% of bond holders, marks another milestone in the Libor transition
Edwards leaves structuring role in UBS overhaul
Equity derivatives stalwart departs as part of equity, fixed income merger
Deutsche to sell exotic equity derivatives portfolio
Structured trades go on the block following last month's sale of flow and prime broking assets
Synthetic Libor mooted as ‘tough legacy’ fix
Recalibration of doomed rate or catch-all legislation under debate as lifeline for lingering contracts
LCH sets date for euro swap discounting change
Clearer will make switch for €91 trillion in swaps next June
FCA urges dealers to quote Sonia swaps on Clobs
Regulator co-ordinates efforts to stream firm prices as part of ramped-up transition plans
Deutsche opens bidding for interest rate derivatives
Fixed income assets on the block after equity derivatives sale closes
CDS fix seeks support for January lift-off
Manufactured defaults protocol opens on September 13, forcing users to consider valuation impact
Natixis hires Boleslawski to head equities
Long-standing SG trading head arrives at French rival
Margin Xchange iced after regulators lift IM burden
A&O-backed platform quits two-horse race, leaving Linklaters-backed service with a clear run
Euribor futures spread spike strangles prop traders
Safe-haven butterfly trades savaged by shock divergence in mid-term contracts
Carney: Germany and France risk Brexit derivatives cliff edge
BoE governor says it is in EU countries’ “interest” to ensure full viability of financial contracts pre-Brexit
IBA mulls RFQ data and Sonia spinoff to bolster swap rate
Benchmark administrator consults on plan to reduce non-publication and prepare for transition to RFRs
CurveGlobal and the curious case of the lost open interest
One-third short sterling plunge in open interest on CurveGlobal may signal more capital-sensitive times
NLP sniffs out contracts harbouring Eonia as fallback
Test finds wide range of 4,000 Libor euro contracts examined could end up in the flagging Eonia rate
LCH plans October 2020 SOFR discounting switch
Cash and basis swaps will reverse value transfer on US dollar derivatives
Dual IM relief may slash 2020 docs burden by 90%
Isda sees around 8,000 counterparty relationships lifted from phase-five repapering
IM big bang split confirmed with new $50bn threshold
Addition of sixth compliance phase looks set to slash September 2020 in-scope entities by more than half
BoE is going to curb Libor collateral. But how much?
Harshest of three ideas to shift market to Sonia would largely ban Libor collateral from its market ops
JP Morgan warming to derivatives-based term RFR rates
Risk Live: Unlike Libor, the market has a say in them. (Though they may not be real term rates, executive muses)
BoE drops Libor for hedging UK forex reserves
Risk Live: Central bank adopts Sonia in Treasury swap programme, consults on restrictions for Libor collateral