Articles by Natasha Rega-Jones
PRA drops ‘timely’ payouts in credit risk insurance
Plan for expeditious timeframe set aside to delight of banks worried about retaining capital breaks
Deal misfires expose risk of contingent hedging
Banks hike premiums on deal contingent swaps amid Brexit uncertainty
Ice swap rate failure disrupts exotics desks
Dollar version of rate wasn’t published on nine out of 22 working days in August
Isda set to launch fallback spread consultation
Lookback and mean/median study to launch this month, with results tipped to move the basis market
LCH sets €STR swap clearing launch date
Clearing house to offer the swaps from October 21, discounted at Eonia
Brexit flips LCH-Eurex basis
LCH-Eurex basis has inverted on buy-side flows, hitting –1.3bp at July low
Libor switch spells trouble for loan systems
Lenders face costly updates to ageing legacy platforms to cope with new risk-free rates
ING issues ESG-linked interest rate swap
Dutch bank takes carrot-and-stick approach on interest rate swap for oil and gas equipment firm
How the top 50 dealers tackle forex last look
Uneven disclosure practices are making life difficult for agency algos and ECN trading
Six big forex market-makers call for end to last look
Citadel Securities, Jump and Virtu among those repudiating controversial practice
Forex ‘last look’: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures, plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
Resented elsewhere, Mifid finds love at Esma
Huge cache of data helped Esma spot market abuse and inform policy, head of market data policy says
Dealers issue rallying cry for cross-currency benchmark reform
Risk Live: Global banks need to drive new standards for multi-rate swaps, say leading industry execs
FCA: Sonia derivatives liquid enough to create term rates
Andrew Bailey says a forward-looking rate can work, but its use should be limited
Sonia advances: liquidity builds as banks eye interdealer shift
Libor’s successor has some solid footholds. Wider acceptance could come as soon as later this year
BNPP’s English court win calms ‘jurisdiction shopping’ fears
Unanimous decision reaffirms importance of English law provisions in derivatives contracts, say lawyers
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
In Netherlands vs Deutsche Bank, bets are on Deutsche
A decision is looming on Dutch appeal after being denied payment on interest rates gone negative
Meet Simon, Luma and Halo (they trade structured products)
Shiny new platforms want to introduce structured products to an unsuspecting US public
Use-cases for Mifid II data prove elusive
Banks running market share analysis from trade reports, but data quality hampering other projects
Shallow liquidity threatens Saron momentum
Swaps on Swiss Libor successor gain traction, but lack of cash products poses liquidity hurdle
Priips plans draw stony response from industry
Official proposals fail to allay fears over “misleading” projections of returns in key information document
Mifid data publishers drag feet on Esma guidelines
Four publishers yet to align post-trade data format with Q&A issued eight months ago