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HK-China blockchain link tipped to boost trade finance
HSBC, StanChart and Bank of China welcome Hong Kong and China trade finance tie-up
Engle: rise in geopolitical risks may be overestimated
Risk USA: Nobel laureate’s new ‘Geovol’ model suggests geopolitical risk no higher than during past 20 years
Morgan Stanley, Wells not sold on AI for credit scoring
Risk USA: Lenders warn on AI model risks and use of non-traditional data
FRTB costs force banks to weigh IMA desk by desk
Risk USA: Some desks “may not be able to pass these more rigorous standards”, says Morgan Stanley FRTB lead
PRA drops ‘timely’ payouts in credit risk insurance
Plan for expeditious timeframe set aside to delight of banks worried about retaining capital breaks
CECL prompts loan sales, hunt for insurance
Risk USA: ‘CECL hogs’ could deplete capital ratios and be a drag on earnings
Goldman’s Granet: repo tumult does not undermine SOFR
Risk USA: Libor transition head says SOFR is more stable than the rate it is set to replace
LCH won’t back single fix for swaptions switch
Clearing house pledges to “support” multiple solutions to discounting problem
CFTC set to eliminate post-trade name give-up
Practice has been a mainstay of Sef trading but chairman Tarbert wants it gone
CCPs dismiss bank, buy-side criticisms
CME, Ice bat away suggestions of flaws in clearing house risk management
French banks cry foul over EBA’s 2020 stress-test plan
Assumptions about the cost of household sight deposits are “not plausible”, critics say
LCH to cut jump-to-default margin for cleared CDS
Move could bring margin for cleared CDS closer to bilateral trades, but mismatch remains
Banks join forces on model development utility
Crisil is working with HSBC and three other banks on platform to share model-building tools
Frandt or foe? FCMs hit back at Esma buy-side clearing salvo
Esma pushes dealers to publish standardised fee schedules amid clearing capacity fears
Morgan Stanley, JP clear first cross-currency swap at Eurex
Two more banks onboarding; CCP hoping to extend service to clients in 2020
Chinese banks look at swaptions pricing
Switch to market rate for loans prompts lenders to explore hedging tools
Race to create term risk-free rates hots up
Markit joins term Sonia hopefuls; four providers release term €STR plans
Banks detect daylight between EC and EBA on op risk capital
EC consultation seeks input on ‘cliff effects’ of including past losses
Hong Kong eyes SOFR solution for term fixing
New ‘proxy’ Honia could help change discount rate from Hibor to OIS for local swaps, says HKEX
Barclays, IBM test quantum computing for settlement
New research suggests quantum machines will dramatically improve settlement efficiency
Value: ‘Trade of the decade,’ says QMA
Quant firm predicts big revival for out-of-favour strategy
Podcast: Mats Kjaer on how trades affect the balance sheet
Bloomberg quant has developed a balance-sheet model for XVA pricing
Sterling option volatility spikes on Brexit deal news
Trading reaches crescendo on Friday; insiders warn of further volatility
Capital cut for synthetic securitisations splits regulators
European rulemakers wary of diverging from Basel standards