Articles by Kris Devasabai
Tradeweb’s IPO shows how OTC markets are changing
RFQ pioneer is embracing new protocols and liquidity providers in a bid to connect the OTC markets
Plumbing problems in the repo market
On September 17, three banks may have sucked up nearly a quarter of money market fund cash
In stress-test window-dressing, timing is everything
EBA and Fed stress tests would have to be in perfect sync to stamp out transatlantic arbitrage
The machines are coming for your pricing models
Deep learning is opening up new frontiers in financial engineering and risk management
Can European banks crack the capital allocation code?
Banks “stuck on the same feedback loop” due to sheer weight of capital rules
Citi scrape could change FXPB skyline
FXPB business is in the throes of profound changes – and CCPs could benefit
Court rules for Deutsche in negative interest case
Decision turns on Isda’s 2010 best practice guide, which said interest was only payable when rates were positive
Remembering the range accrual bloodbath
Flatter US yield curve spurs demand for a product with a painful history
Buy-siders eye ways to get ahead of US resolution stay rules
Come July 1, asset managers will be unable to dump derivatives as a G-Sib is unwound. Lawyers are standing by
If CLO investors flee, defaults could snowball
High yield borrowers relying on a steady stream of leveraged loan issuance that could quickly run dry
Brevan Howard is first non-bank caught by margin rules, sources say
Non-cleared exposures thought to exceed $1.5 trillion
BlueMountain hunts for mispricings in rates markets
As QE rolls off, Colin Teichholtz sees rich pickings for relative-value fixed-income strategies
Isda faces member backlash on margin lobbying
Working groups were not consulted over Isda-funded paper that could threaten industry’s Simm
Goldman: bank liquidity needs will stall QE unwind
Economists at US bank expect Fed balance sheet to drop less than $1 trillion from 2017 peak
CFTC probed CDS market under last enforcement head
Goelman compares manufactured payouts to match-fixing, and says CFTC has jurisdiction to bring case
CFTC, Treasury officials boost Isda push for IM revamp
Isda AGM: Research paid for by trade body calls for variable MPOR
CFTC’s long-awaited Sef reboot set for July
Isda AGM: Proposals will allow all execution methods – including voice – and expand range of Sef mandate
Fed discussing margin impact of SOFR switch
Isda AGM: Legacy Libor swaps should be protected from new rules when ditching Libor, MetLife’s Manske says
US dealers agree to disclose corporate bond quotes
Market to get pre-trade transparency but big dealers remain on the sidelines
Basel liquidity rules block Fed’s QE exit
LCR and NSFR could produce $1 trillion shortfall in plans for balance-sheet ‘normalisation’
Volatility trap: how gamma roused a market monster
Rates market is exposed to some of the same factors that caused equity volatility to explode in February
Ex-Fed trader Coffey on macro risks and VAR
Myopic models are creating feedback loops, warns founder of new macro firm Avoca
Basel III changes set to create big winners and losers
Capital hit for G-Sibs ranges from 28% drop to 43% jump, QIS reveals
Prudential’s Silitch on the blindspots in Basel III
Risk30 profile: Post-crisis reforms have failed to fully address systemic risk, Prudential’s CRO warns