Articles by Rebekah Tunstead
The slow corporate embrace of CSAs
Risk.net research finds 28 of 50 large companies now have CSAs – but has the trend run its course?
Dealers drag their feet on NDF clearing, say prime brokers
Trade mismatches and other wrinkles hinder clearing between executing broker and prime broker
Slow €STR swap take-up threatens term rate fallbacks
Esma’s Maijoor calls for greater use of new benchmark to help develop forward-looking rates
US swap market may become multi-rate world, say dealers
If alternative rates gain traction in cash market, traders say users will want hedges linked to them
EC looks to GFXC on potential regulation of spot FX
GFXC to meet this week about revising global FX code, which may influence European legislator stance
The buy side and Libor: it’s decision time
Investors weigh pros and cons of signing newly released Isda fallback protocol, as Libor demise looms
Bilateral streams slash FX trading costs by 80%, dealers claim
Risk Live: At some banks, 70% of spot is now traded via bilateral feeds
DoJ gives green light to Isda protocol
Move clears path for possible late-January announcement on Libor cessation
Protocol delay casts doubt on Libor death knell timing
Two-month delay to Isda fallback protocol leaves FCA’s planned end-2020 statement in the balance
Will the exit price be right in new Isda docs?
Industry body is updating unloved procedure for valuing terminated swaps
Swaption compensation consensus proves elusive
ECB-sponsored recommendations fail to rally market behind compensation exchange solution
Slump in €STR swap volumes at LCH leaves market guessing
Market participants are counting on July 27 discounting switch to revive key euro benchmark
Antitrust fears cloud Isda protocol – and fallback spreads
Wait for DoJ assurances could delay Libor transition plans and further unsettle rates trading
Bruised, not broken: execs say Libor switch on track despite Covid
Compressed timeline for transition may leave smaller firms struggling to meet end-2021 deadline
US benchmark switch splits swaptions market
Some users ignore new guidance to nominate SOFR for swap discounting
CFTC advisory body backs six-month initial margin ‘grace period’
Majority vote to recommend extra six-month extension for phases five and six of initial margin rules
Swaptions compensation method divides market
US and European firms back redress payments, but disagree over how they would work
Spot FX shies away from regulatory yoke
As Europe weighs Aussie-style rules for spot trading, some see benefits – but many fear the burden
Delay to IM calculation window leaves some exasperated
“Hasty” decision by global rule-makers frustrates firms that had already started initial margin prep
Too much regulation of spot FX could hurt European markets – MEP
A sub-section in the Markets Abuse Regulation could be sufficient oversight, says Ferber
Lloyds and Riverside rehitch revolving loan to Sonia
£100m Sonia facility overcame late operational hurdles to be among the first done since the onset of coronavirus
Debelle: regulation could be ‘helpful’ to FX code
As EU weighs regulation of spot market, GFXC chair dismisses key industry argument
Covid-19 disruptions expose Libor loan fallback flaws
Amending legacy loans during a crisis will prove challenging, ARRC member warns
Corporates sprint to lock in low rates
Dealers are seeing increased demand for interest rate hedges despite higher execution costs