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JPM: EU corporate CVA exemption could split swaps liquidity
Isda AGM: Market may price in permanent lower capital charge if exemption retained in CRR III
Crypto ‘Wild West’ needs a new sheriff – Iosco chief
Isda AGM: Moloney says it’s time to take crypto seriously, and firms need to find a way to engage with regulators
Locals give cautious welcome to exotics’ passage to India
Corporates still wary about structured derivatives five months after lifting of trading ban
New interest rate definitions see rapid adoption
Isda AGM: Trade body’s general counsel warns swaps users not to rely on 2006 rulebook
SEC’s Gensler amps up pressure on crypto platforms
Isda AGM: top US securities regulator insists most crypto derivatives fall within SEC’s jurisdiction
FSB warns on Archegos-style leverage
Isda AGM: Knot takes dim view of banks piling up leverage blind
Market braces for end of Russia central bank sanctions carve-out
Isda AGM: general licence expires on May 25, threatening bond payments and deliverable ruble settlement
EC set to phase-in consolidated tape rollout
Isda AGM: introduction will start with fixed income, then move to equities and OTC derivatives
Eurex to debut NDF clearing after mothballing physical FX
Bourse hoping to scoop up EU clients trading on 360T, eyes September non-cleared margining deadline
CFTC: regulators can help carbon market’s ‘credibility’ problem
Isda AGM: Behnam says commission may have a role to play in supporting growth of voluntary market
Banks eye ‘nirvana’ in machine-executable swaps reporting
Coded reporting requirements to save banks “millions” in compliance costs
Revival of FX carry strategy leaves quants unconvinced
Record returns in March give little comfort that strategy is ‘back’
Pimco triples book as IR swaptions market nearly doubles
Counterparty Radar: Goldman Sachs nets almost all of bond giant’s Q4 growth
Banks adopt Python for faster XVA data analysis and pricing
Some banks claim the coding language permits XVA pricing in milliseconds
‘Zero chance’ of US approving spot bitcoin ETF in 2022 – VanEck
Issuer that had crypto ETF rejected by SEC says nothing will happen until regulators finish turf war
MSIM’s baffling $400m options splurge
Funds owned or advised by the manager have spent vast sums on a USD/CNH strategy that appears not to have paid off
CFTC best-placed to regulate digital assets – Pham
Newly confirmed commissioner says agency has the authority and precedent to police crypto markets
Rate-linked notes trigger ‘pain trade’ for dealers
Negative 2y30y US swap spread sees hedging costs for range accruals soar, fuelling more flattening
Non-transparent ETF spreads are tighter than transparent ones
Non-transparent ETFs don’t disclose what they own. Market-makers have worked it out anyway
PGIM credit options binge lifts Barclays, Morgan Stanley
Counterparty Radar: Insurer’s AM arm doubled its market share in Q4 2021 as bought protection swells
EU considers delay to OTC derivatives tape
Member states raise prospect of delaying introduction of consolidated feed
LME could revamp margining after nickel kerfuffle
Bourse could move to end permitted netting of IM and VM calls, says Chamberlain
US banks anticipate delay to Basel III implementation
New Fed supervision head expected to align schedule with EU and Japan, but time is tight
US pension fund sues Credit Suisse over Archegos failures
Lawsuit alleges top execs breached fiduciary duties; Credit Suisse shareholders block board exoneration