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Natixis’s €260m hit blamed on big books and Kospi3 product
Rivals say French dealer grew business too quickly – with leveraged version of Korean index one source of pain
NatWest kick-starts Brexit swaps transfer
Bank follows Barclays and UBS with plans to continue serving EU clients as ‘no-deal’ looms
Fallback decision will lift yen OIS, says Japan RFR group chair
Move should kick-start dormant Tonar OIS market – key requirement to building a term rate
LCH launches CDS exercise platform
CCP touts method for speeding up manual settlement process as rival Ice gears up for options launch
BoE unveils ‘final major piece’ of UK resolution regime
Consultations outline how the Bank of England will assess “resolvability” of banks
HSBC hires new head of model validation
Bank appoints Credit Suisse veteran to key role
FX swaps to avoid year-end basis blowout, banks say
Earlier rollovers likely to ensure no repeat of previous cross-currency volatility
A buy-side swaps order book – with a difference
First client joins Trad-X Clob as dealers get nervy about large-scale RFQs
Data shortage hits margin models for Asia banks
Thin trade volumes in local derivatives threaten to undermine key tests for initial margin models
FX traders dump short-dated options on Brexit mire
Attention turns to long-dated positions after failed no-confidence vote
Proposed repo market reform could kick-start China CDS
Industry hopes easier shorting of bonds will help banks hedge credit protection sales
EU lawmakers delay FRTB capital charges
Leaked paper potentially pushes market risk capital charges beyond Basel’s 2022 deadline
CECL fans and foes cross swords on Capitol Hill
Dispute over economic impact rages on despite agreement on capital relief
When bonds struggle, so does alt premia – research
Ties between alternative risk premia and fixed income closer than appreciated
Japan’s term RFR toil may mean bigger Tibor role
Derivatives-based methods for constructing curve challenging amid negative rate environment
Leaked EU paper softens French blow to Mifir equivalence
Council draft ditches national licensing but introduces conditions on equivalence for some services
Credit Suisse makes double hire for Asia solutions
Equity structurer Charles Firth rejoins, along with ex-StanChart and Goldman salesman Martin Cher
Libor fallbacks set to split cash and swaps
Basis could appear when benchmark dies, with swaps, bonds and loans embracing different fallbacks
Clearing houses urge CFTC to act on non-default losses
US clearing members divided on whether NDLs are CCPs’ responsibility or a mutual risk
UK pension funds may have to clear, post-Brexit
Delays to Emir review raise fears that UK schemes may lose exemption
Lower margin can fuel procyclicality in CCPs – research
Efforts to prevent ‘margin spiral’ during stress could encourage more risk-taking, paper argues
Basel turns its attention to operational resilience
New working group will focus on business continuity in the age of cyber threats
Banks warned on holes in EU’s proposed Brexit relief
Potential EC, French and German no-deal relief is expected to be short-lived and incomplete
Podcast: Dominique Bang on his stochastic local vol model
New approach delivers quick and accurate computation of prices