Bank of England (BoE)
UK pension funds hand over more assets to LDI managers
Transfer of assets is a pre-emptive move to avoid repeat of September’s collateral crunch, trustees say
BoE official signals tough stance on CCP skin in the game
Default waterfalls must include a second tranche of CCP capital, says Cunliffe
As interest rates surge, bankers fret over last year’s models
IRRBB modellers trying to predict client behaviour have little relevant data to fall back on
Pensions regulator plays down LDI risk to EU
Eiopa doubts UK gilt market chaos could occur to same degree in Europe
LME most battered in BoE’s stress test
Clearing house close to depleting default fund under toughest credit stress scenario
Pensions eye collateral facilities to buffer market turmoil
Arrangements would allow funds to exchange riskier assets like corporate bonds for cash or gilts
Regulator warns on fragmentation of climate risk supervision
International standards needed to support growing preference for Basel Pillar 2 approach
Hong Kong, India, Turkey lag behind on Basel III framework
Only Canada, Japan and Saudi Arabia ready for full implementation as January deadline approaches
Pension funds brace for end of BoE intervention
Funds boost collateral buffers by as much as 300bp, as October 14 deadline looms
Low pricing of inflation swaps takes buy side by surprise
Dealers expect inflation to peak sooner, but investors remain sceptical
Banks struggle to assess climate impact on op risk
Supervisors have provided less stress-testing guidance for op risk than for credit risk
Pension funds foresaw margin meltdown (a decade ago)
Years of warnings went largely unheeded. Questions may now spread to post-crisis clearing and margining project
BoE intervention whipsaws pension funds that dumped hedges
Unhedged funds saw liabilities rise by up to 20% when rates pulled back
Derivatives law firm of the year: Linklaters
Asia Risk Awards 2022
A chilly reception for climate risk capital
Bankers don’t believe climate-adjusted risk-weights will enter EU prudential framework – not for now, at least
Looming slowdown casts doubt on countercyclical capital
Confusion over use of buffers makes bankers wonder if concept will ever be successful
BoE’s planned procyclical capital hike bewilders banks
Some doubt regulator will go through with buffer hike while forecasting recession
Pick a lane: Anna DSB to rival CDM coded swaps reporting?
Dual machine-executable rules are set to create choice – and maybe bifurcation – for swaps reporting
Using correlation to model op risk losses may be unsafe – study
Techniques for linking economic factors and bank losses produce varying – and sometimes contradictory – results
The ghost of Archegos returns to haunt Simm
UK regulator’s attack on Simm may have more to do with the failed family office than meets the eye
PRA’s pot shots threaten Simm’s global ubiquity
UK regulator’s push to improve model governance could tip non-cleared derivatives market into chaos
Mediobanca’s Generali deal revives an old sec lending concern
BoE warns against lending shares to borrowers aiming to influence AGM votes, but will anyone outside the UK listen?
BoE: regulators could push CCPs to publish margin shocks
Russia-Ukraine war has forced a tenfold margin funding burden, says BNP; Ice says smaller hedgers face disenfranchisement