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Avon CDS holders win payout despite narrow debt auction
With swap volumes outweighing eligible deliverable debt, holders feared contracts could be worthless
Citi revealed as top index CDS dealer to Ucits funds
Counterparty Radar: Novel data shows US banks captured nearly 90% of uncleared notional volume in European markets
Banks urged to boost third-party scrutiny amid AML crackdown
Three US regulators highlight deficiencies in banks’ due diligence on fintech partners
Cable basis set to shrink as pension buyouts dwindle
BoE rate cuts and tightening US credit spreads expected to further normalise the sterling-US dollar cross-currency basis
Clearing members welcome JSCC initial margin reforms
Stress loss add-ons touted as path to ensure defaulter pays and default fund contributions shrink
Barclays disputes CDS committee decision ahead of auction
Representing the bank, law firm Milbank argues the committee’s approach risks constraining the market and goes against expectations
Pricing and funding woes hit gilt repo
QT-driven funding cost rises combined with clients’ price demands see at least two banks pull back
SEC streamlines overhaul of stock trading rules
Tick size and access fee rules simplified from first draft, but Peirce still questions rationale
Supervisors use generative AI to tame ‘chaotic’ data
Officials merge credit databases with unstructured reports to sharpen bank oversight, explains Banco de España ex-deputy
China set to extend NDF trading scheme for onshore banks
CFETS expected to introduce RFQ functionality and more currencies for non-deliverable forwards
EU banks fear loss of NSFR repo relief
European Commission must decide by next June; other jurisdictions adopted softer calibration
New data reveals Pimco is top Ucits interest rate swaps user
Counterparty Radar: US managers and dealers reign supreme in European retail fund space
Goldman appoints new financial risk head
Promotion sees Josh Schiffrin oversee strategy and financial risk, including trading supervision
BIS warns of growing offshore reinsurance risk
Deals by private equity-backed life firms could mask risk in $25 trillion industry, report says
More disclosure touted to temper pre-hedging ills
Transparency could help investors choose a dealer, but will they use the disclosures?
People: Masters moves into FNZ, Two Sigma founders step back, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Bonds will cushion equities in election volatility – Lombard Odier
August showed old risk models can be trusted ahead of voting day, says investment manager’s macro chief
Crypto options need more principal market-makers – GS trader
Absence of risk warehousing market-makers holding back options development, says GS crypto trader
Cayman reinsurance shift ‘negative’ for US life firms
Moody’s warns of US insurers switching preference after Bermuda tightens capital rules
Fed’s Basel III rollback gives clearing units a capital break
Client-cleared trades will be exempt from CVA charges and G-Sib surcharge calculations, says Barr
DTCC ‘will prevail’ in UST clearing, says CME’s Duffy
CME boss says LCH-FMX cross-margining deal could face obstacles, and acknowledges difficulties at BrokerTec
ETF dispersion set for election revival
Sector-based approach to popular vol trades boasts cheaper entry cost than classic version, proponents argue
Dealer relief at delays to Refinitiv Matching’s tech migration
First phase of replatforming for Swiss spot pairs set to be pushed to mid-2025
Rates traders brace for jobs data after August steepener payday
Investors hope for weaker-than-expected non-farm payrolls to trigger re-steepening