Latest Derivatives
How repo roll risk could spoil US Treasury basis trade
Financing worries emerge as popular trade becomes increasingly reliant on overnight repo
Nasdaq revs up listed equity swaps; LSEG stuck in neutral
Trading opens for custom basket forwards, as LSEG shelves Turquoise and LCH tie-up
BGC’s Eurex swap curve: basis killer?
Outright curve aims to stamp out LCH-plus-basis pricing for Eurex swaps – but price gap may persist, dealers say
Flow Traders bullish about threat from big banks
Talking Heads 2023: Non-bank market-maker remains confident of its edge in small-ticket corporate credit
HKEX and LCH look to expand eligible collateral
Chinese government bonds in the frame as clearing houses seek to boost non-cash margin options
Plugging the leaks in skewed pricing
Liquidity recycling has made it trickier for liquidity providers to identify information leakage
Libor
Rising costs prompt US borrowers to embrace compounded SOFR
Sophisticated firms with term SOFR loans increasingly willing to run basis risk to cut hedging costs
Invesco is first US mutual fund to trade €STR swaptions
Counterparty Radar: Trades were some of just a handful of €STR swaptions to hit the market this year
Canada considering interdealer trading in term Corra swaps
‘Where Canada’s market structure is unique, we will forge our own path,’ says benchmark body co-chair
Dealers tackle US Libor swaptions transition
Complexity of legacy book and CCP deadlines sees banks turn to new Capitalab service
Counterparty Radar
Matchmaking and benchmarking for OTC derivatives
Counterparty Radar is based on position data from around 20,000 US mutual funds and ETFs, rolled up to the manager level – it shows the OTC derivatives they have on their books, and who they traded them with, providing unique insights into an important market segment. More info
StanChart sees big uptick in FX options positions
Counterparty Radar: UK bank benefits from MSIM trades as market for US mutual funds expands in Q2
Electronic trading
On-chain FX’s brave new world excites some, worries others
Trading tokenised versions of currencies on blockchain could slash settlement risk but sceptics raise concerns over liquidity and pricing
Plugging the leaks in skewed pricing
Liquidity recycling has made it trickier for LPs to identify information leakage
Tradeweb treads fine line as API trend brings challenges
Buy-side rates traders look to dodge platform’s interface but remain barred from cross-venue price-shopping
Fast LPs accuse rivals of maxing out last look response times
Firms with sub-10ms checks complain of losing volumes to slower rivals, prompting one to ditch ECNs
Like your CSA dirty? It’ll cost more
Buy-side firms have to pay up if they want to post corporate bonds to their dealers, but prices vary
Sponsored content
About
These articles were paid for by contributing third parties. Click here for more information on content funding.
Building out Eurex’s home of the euro yield curve ambition
Managing Japanese interest rate risk and creating trading opportunities
Beyond Libor: the impact of SOFR on rates, bonds and loans
New developments in XVA: an inside view on bank strategy in a changing world
JSCC and the future of clearing and settling yen-denominated trades
