Articles by Lukas Becker
AIB welcomes AFS bond filter preservation
Senior risk manager says economy too fragile to remove filter
Banks avoiding covered bonds for LCR buffer over liquidity fears
Concerns raised about liquidity in stressed environments
EC considers six-month pause for CME's ‘doomsday clock’
Foreign CCPs may get surprise grace period
FTSE vol and skew fell prior to Scottish vote
Positions unwound before independence vote, traders say
Dealers welcome US uncleared margin rules
But cash variation margin restriction may upset the buy side
Robot risk managers excite swap market-makers
Banks hope auto-hedging algorithms will cut costs, boost volumes
Black box blues: Fed starts model validation row
"They all fall short," says one expert, as banks try to vet vendor models
Dale leaves Bank of England for BP, and other recent job news
Chief economist moves to oil giant
Fed orders banks to break open black boxes
Banks struggling to prise information out of vendors after Fed clamps down
UK utilities weigh creative inflation-hedge revamps
Yorkshire Water among the firms said to be considering inflation repacks
OCC 'disappointed' at lack of accounting convergence
FASB and IASB must keep trying to unite standards, say bank regulators
Repo rules decimate key liquidity ratio at Barclays
Reverse repo treatment in draft NSFR cuts ratio from 113% to 98%
People: CFTC's O'Malia joins Isda
US regulator resigns to head derivatives industry group
The death of an accounting dream
IASB and FASB have failed to bring standards together, stakeholders say
Covered bonds get carve-out in draft EU clearing rules
Issuers pleased as Esma proposes exemption for covered bond hedges
Esma derivatives definition hits CME futures volumes
Energy contracts dip as firms avoid European regulatory burdens
Banks treat most sovereign exposures as risk-free
Basel report highlights overuse of standardised approach
Regulators edge towards opt-in fix for OTC stays issue
Authorities from five countries talk swaps and bank resolution at closed meeting
EC to snub US in first wave of CCP equivalence decisions
US will not be in first wave of five approvals for "most advanced" countries
HSBC names new head of markets for Europe
Move is part of a continuing reshuffle of top brass in HSBC's markets business
Barclays' Yarian promoted to head of US rates trading
Stack to fill vacancy left in clearing and prime brokerage
Buy side hits out at CFTC's foreign CCP proposals
BlackRock, Citadel, Eaton Vance say CFTC plan would limit access to liquidity
Banks spend to save in fixed-income efficiency drive
Wastefulness of 20-year bull market will take years to reverse, dealers expect