
Lukas Becker
Desk editor
Lukas Becker is the derivatives desk editor for Risk.net. His topics of interest include over-the-counter derivatives pricing, collateral management, market infrastructure and legal risk. He is based in London.
He was previously the Europe, Middle East and Africa editor of Risk magazine.
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DoubleLine warns of debt rollover risk
Asset manager plans to be liquidity provider if US credit market is distressed
Fragile markets prompt banks to rethink tail risk
BNP Paribas and BTMU tout ‘scalable’ stress testing
Ice considers moving Brent contract to avoid EU margin hike
Ice says move is “not an outcome we want to see” but Emir margin could drive users away
Small banks underpricing FVA, dealers claim
Dealers claim to be losing trades because smaller rivals are mispricing
Basel Committee launches FVA project
US regulators also looking into divergent valuations for uncollateralised swaps
CCPs raise alarm on South African OTC reform
Push for CCPs to establish domestic presence riles LCH and CME
Goodbye Sonia flat: banks rethink swaps with bond collateral
Higher discount rate can cut payouts to in-the-money clients by millions
Credit Suisse takes Sfr279 million FVA loss
Credit Suisse becomes the fifteenth bank known to have taken an FVA charge
Swiss franc losses blamed on liquidity gap
Options portfolios were impossible to delta-hedge, traders say
Morgan Stanley takes $468m FVA loss
US bank takes one-off charge to reflect cost of uncollateralised receivables
Swiss corporates suspend hedging after Sfr spike
Treasurers taking time out following removal of €/Sfr cap
RBS launches second DPC to prop up swaps
Boom-era vehicle retooled to guarantee securitisation hedges
CFTC's Massad muddies waters in CCP oversight row
Dual registration – not deference – is "proper model" for supervision, says CFTC chair
BNP Paribas reorganises its investment banking division
The latest people moves and news from the industry
First wave of EU client clearing to catch estimated 400 firms
Two of the 30 firms contacted by Risk say they will fall into Emir’s crucial category two
FCA to probe possible conflicts in barrier options
Some buy-side firms avoid illiquid underlyings over manipulation risks
Softer NSFR may not save repo, banks warn
Final rule slashes funding requirement for reverse repo, but applies it more widely
Dealers fret over NSFR impact on equities
Basel Committee ignores calls to protect market in new funding rules
Nationwide: ABS markets need more than warm words
"There does seem to be this sense in which covered bonds are innocent until proven guilty"
Conflict of interest: banks call for unity on Eonia
Traders fear swap market will be split by 0% floor disputes
CVA hedge losses prompt focus on swaptions and guarantees
Regulators and accountants don't agree on CVA but banks say smart hedges exist
Radhakrishnan to leave the CFTC
Head of clearing and risk understood to be moving into private practice