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Banks seek regulatory guidance on climate transition plans
Lack of agreement on how to identify whether borrowers are converging with net zero targets
Futures standards body seen as first step to utility
FIA project could usher in new hub to connect trading parties and guard against derivatives logjams, experts say
BlackRock’s own reporting undermines its climate claims
Axa, Allianz and Legal & General have all cut their investments’ emissions, unlike BlackRock
Fee standoff intensifies as FX spreads compress
As spread squeeze continues, brokers refuse to budge on trading fees
Regulator says Covid has accelerated China’s reform agenda
CSRC vice-chair wants US firms to help develop onshore futures for risk management
Banks seek greater clarity from regulators on cloud risk
Regulators are reluctant to specify cloud risks, despite warning of overreliance on three big providers
EU firms call for single consolidated tape provider
Some say new rules could create data fragmentation and raise connectivity costs
Currenex lawyers ask judge to dismiss class action lawsuit
Case alleging secret priority trading deals brought too late and not based on facts, defence argue
Model changes could raise Eurex swaps margins by over a fifth
Covid-induced market volatility becomes permanent stress scenario to nix procyclicality
Neural networks show fewer false positives on bad loans – study
Machine learning method edges regression techniques in linking nonlinearities among delinquent borrowers
Congress must fix crypto rules perimeter, say policy-makers
CFTC and SEC officials say public debate needed on jurisdictional boundaries as investment ramps up
Dealers scramble to meet SEC swaps rule deadline
Dealers battle buy-side inertia and eleventh-hour confusion as belated security-based swap rules bite
Expansion of ‘SOFR First’ to Eurodollars faces resistance
Non-banks may prove immune to regulatory arm-twisting in fourth wave of transition for listed markets
Last look add-on is disappearing. Is that good for the market?
Views diverge on whether removal of additional hold times will benefit FX liquidity consumers
Show, don’t tell, on op resilience – Fed examiner
OpRisk North America: banks warned of “disconnect” between theory and practice
How US funds trade defaulting CDS names
Counterparty Radar: Funds slashed sold positions ahead of 2020’s auctions but post-default Argentina remains a focus
Early movers get better pricing on SOFR loans
Borrowers making the jump to SOFR before year-end are being offered more favourable spread adjustments
FICC calls for rehypothecation relief to scale US Treasuries clearing
Current prohibition on margin re-use penalises sponsored clearing of cash instruments
Leaked EU proposals show FRTB divergence on carbon trading
EC takes up Isda call to cut standardised risk-weight; unclear if it applies to non-EU markets
FX prime brokers jockey for buy-side flows as IM phase 6 looms
Banks say concentrating trades through single dealer would ease paperwork logjam for asset managers
Podcast: Antonov on pricing not-so-vanilla rates products
New model makes it easier to coherently price correlated derivatives
Fed repo backstop won’t help intraday liquidity stress
Banks say lack of guidance on resolution plans means SRF may not halt liquidity hoarding behaviour
Fed: banks may need AI risk systems to cope with smart devices
Tenfold increase in web-enabled devices via 5G and IoT means explosion in cyber threats, says official
Dealers fear operational ‘cliff edge’ when Libor disappears
Over-reliance on fallbacks could lead to failures at year-end