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Eurex short-term rates volumes collapse on Iran volatility
Surging yields, options hedging activity and revamped incentive schemes drive record volumes at Ice
European Commission plans permanent changes to FRTB
EU legislator will start work on new rules later this year to ensure level playing field with US
UBS fixed income structuring head departs
Credit Suisse alumni Adrian Bracher leaves Swiss bank
An eye on API: bilateral FX takes hold with some asset managers
Long-term savings in trading costs are tempting buy-siders to explore direct connectivity with liquidity providers
Banks fear US cross-product capital relief will fall short
Proposal to treat repo as futures for SA-CCR may not do enough to support UST clearing mandate
AI governance rules coming soon, says CFTC chair
Selig doesn’t want to stifle innovation, but says trading or advice algos will need guardrails
Clearing firms flummoxed by new margin models at CME, Ice
VAR-based portfolio margining is easier to manage, but harder to explain
UK insurers turn up leverage on structured gilt trades
Par-par asset swaps give way to higher-leverage structures as funding costs increase
UBS to launch merger arb QIS
Bank partners with German asset manager First Private to screen deals using machine learning
One thing missing from US Basel III proposal: a deadline
Without a deadline, risk teams will struggle to secure resources to begin implementation projects
Traders revive emerging market carry trades on vol drop
Investors eye high-yield Latin America currencies as implied volatility falls
In simplifying credit risk models, EBA could compound capital costs
Skipping hard yards of internal ratings-based approach might trip higher capital charges and implementation costs
FSB warns of ‘circles of risks’ in bank risk transfer deals
Credit lines, portfolio financing and NAV facilities for private credit funds could rebound on banks
Change fatigue could dim EBA’s credit risk simplicity drive
Revisions may be kept to a minimum as short-term implementation burden weighs on banks
Custom index TRS booms at BlackRock
Isda AGM: Bespoke total return swaps span all mandate types but e-trading bottlenecks remain
Bootcamps and peer pressure: Goldman preps staff for AI future
Isda AGM: Tone from the top is not enough, says chief information officer Marco Argenti
Foreign banks can swerve US Basel op risk capital charges
New proposal offers category III and IV banks op-out from regime, but intragroup trades penalised
BoE’s Bailey expects global consensus on FRTB internal models
Isda AGM: UK is reviewing proposals from US and EU regulators before finalising its IMA rules
How Optiver is harnessing prediction markets
Isda AGM: Market-maker doesn’t trade event contracts, but it is using them to price other instruments
Tokenisation could boost repo capacity by up to 60%
Isda AGM: Digital Asset’s Rooz says intraday repo will deliver huge balance sheet efficiencies
FX options traders lost in Iran fog
Headline ‘ping-pong’ saps hedge funds’ conviction, though pockets of vol selling have re-emerged
DRW chief slams ‘ridiculous’ OCC stablecoin rule
Isda AGM: Wilson warns week-long redemption freeze would deter use of Genius Act coins as cash leg of tokenised repo
Dealers push for more revisions to Basel III endgame
Isda AGM: Goldman, JP Morgan bankers want changes on cross-product netting, CVA and default risk charges
StanChart: UK, EU should copy US ‘commercial’ Basel III
Isda AGM: Exec warns divergent Basel III rules will push trading into less-regulated entities