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Evolution or extinction: Ice swap rate’s post-Libor quandary
Thin liquidity in SOFR swaps imperils reference rate for $40 trillion swaptions market
US mid-sized banks may bulk up. (Is that safe?)
The crisis over a decade gone, the Fed’s ‘tailoring’ proposal will greatly relax rules on the mid-tier
Volatility scaling unravels as market patterns shift
Waning power of quant approach could be a reason for trend following’s malaise
Fund-linked structured products face extinction under FRTB
Global market risk capital standards carry sky-high charges for fund derivatives
Fund houses get picky over where to use machine learning
Buy-siders limit usage of deep learning techniques due to haziness over their inner workings
Born again: Citi’s forex prime brokerage
After a $180 million gut-punch, the apex brokerage is now evangelising to amused rivals about the perils of mispricing
Analytics become top priority at energy firms, poll finds
Middle office still grappling with use of blockchain and artificial intelligence
Electric vehicles: a slow-motion car crash for oil firms?
Peak oil demand is seen as inevitable, but disagreement abounds on timing
Funds hunt for the real McCoy in alternative data jungle
Uncorrelated information is a rare species but there are other ways to make funky new data work
The credit skew market’s surprise package
Mediobanca’s €1.6 billion in issuance makes small Italian investment bank a market titan
Meet Simon, Luma and Halo (they trade structured products)
Shiny new platforms want to introduce structured products to an unsuspecting US public
China throws up challenges for alternative premia funds
Poor data, curbs on trading and regulatory change put a new spin on the investment approach
Life’s a breach: banks settle uncomfortably into GDPR
A year into exacting data privacy regulation, ramifications are becoming more tangible
US swaps end-users cry foul over SA-CCR punch
Capital on non-margined trades jumps 90%, and energy firms face double hit
Into the void: Europe’s new but hazy securitisation market
Regulatory vagueness reaches new heights as incomplete rules take effect
Privacy risks dash funds’ alternative data dreams
Asset managers see value in alternative data in its rawer forms, but most won’t touch it
Realism or deregulation? Fed sidelined in oversight of insurers
Proposed activities-based approach to non-bank systemic risk will make Sifi designations less likely
Smart weaponry aids bank fight against money laundering
Advanced algos and machine learning gain credence as regulators encourage innovation
Risky notes replace easy money for exotics desks
Dealers insist ‘it’s different’ as flat US curve revives bonds that sank the Street in 2008
Autocall concentration weighs on dealers
Hedging headaches force issuers to seek new structured product blockbusters
Fed repo facility may fix SOFR’s image problem
‘Overnight standing repo facility’ could stop year-end rate spikes, and extend Fed’s reach
EU-Singapore trade deal awakens sovereign restructuring fears
Many worry that EU government bonds are now in play for international arbitration
Patchy response to Isda’s back office of the future
Some banks are quiet, while clearing houses seem split on uptake of Isda data standardisation project
Use-cases for Mifid II data prove elusive
Banks running market share analysis from trade reports, but data quality hampering other projects