Articles by Lukas Becker
Bank disruptors: a ‘token’ effort from UBS
The utility settlement coin will kick-start trading of digital assets, says Chris Purves
EU compounding confusion creates headaches for banks
With the fallback possibly illegal in some EU states, loan system updates may become more complicated
MVA taking the long road to acceptance
Four years on, the adjustment is still not a standard part of non-cleared swap pricing
€STR swap trading gets under way
HSBC and JP Morgan strike first swap linked to the new euro short-term rate
Eurex to adopt €STR flat discounting for Euribor swaps
Switch planned for Q2 of 2020, with a single cash payment to correct value transfers
Isda sets two options for Libor fallback spread
Historical spread adjustment to be based on five-year median or 10-year mean
Dealers rush to redeem high-yielding structured notes
An estimated $60 billion of structured notes are at risk of being called before year-end
Splits emerge over ‘pre-cessation’ fallback triggers
CCPs say cleared swaps will move to new rates if Libor is no longer representative of markets
Trading venues could help enforce the forex code
ECNs have the power to boost last look disclosures, but aren’t keen to be the code police
Sonia users face three-way choice in term rate
Trio of rival forward-looking versions of sterling Libor successor set to be available
Swaptions face valuation hit on discounting switch
Move to new reference rates could hurt some swaptions holders, while others enjoy “windfall gain”
ECB’s Holthausen on Euribor, fallbacks and Eonia’s end
QE wind-down could boost Euribor, but panel bank expansion is unlikely
Ahead of the curve: how traders profited from Libor fallbacks
Market second-guesses spread for new risk-free rate, spicing up Libor-Sonia basis market
Libor leaders: ABP crafts blueprint for corporate Libor switch
UK port operator converts swaps and bonds to Sonia, but loans proving more tricky
First bond switch from Libor to Sonia gets go-ahead
Landmark move sees Associated British Ports become first to amend legacy bond reference rate
Libor leaders: how seven firms are tackling the transition
BMO, Prudential, Associated British Ports, LCH and others reveal their plans to move off troubled benchmark
Libor leaders: BMO sets the pace in RFR transition
Early mover switches £10 billion of pension liability swap hedges to Sonia
Lack of buy-side repo backstop a concern – Citi repo head
Growth of client repo books could create liquidity crunch, says Grigorios Markouizos
BMR needs tweaks, not overhaul – EC official
Upcoming review “will not look fundamentally at the scope” of the third-country regime
Prep now for one-day lag in Eonia, market told
Overnight batch calculations will have to run during the day, following change to doomed benchmark
Critical EU benchmarks to be approved by year-end
Authorisation of Euribor is being expedited and could be granted in the summer
Traders back SOFR derivatives as repo hedge
Isda AGM: Market participants say products linked to the rate could mitigate quarter-end spikes
Risky notes replace easy money for exotics desks
Dealers insist ‘it’s different’ as flat US curve revives bonds that sank the Street in 2008
Dealers suffer in euro rates desert
Analysis shows collapse in swap and bond bid/offer spreads, as traders say business is “unsustainable”