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Sandbar's focus on idiosyncratic factors sets it apart from its peers in equity market‑neutral
With investors sometimes struggling to find hedge funds that deliver uncorrelated, consistent returns, Sandbar Asset Management stands out from its peers. Its success in running an equity market-neutral strategy is a reflection of its founder and chief…
Banks warn of trader crunch at CCP default auctions
Risk USA: dealers hope for more cross-CCP fire drills
Initial margin landscape – A long road ahead
Neil Murphy, business manager of triResolve, discusses what the regulatory initial margin landscape changes mean to the market and how in-scope firms for phase 5 and 6 may decide to take an alternative approach to IM compliance
LCH won’t back single fix for swaptions switch
Clearing house pledges to “support” multiple solutions to discounting problem
CCPs dismiss bank, buy-side criticisms
CME, Ice bat away suggestions of flaws in clearing house risk management
Morgan Stanley, JP clear first cross-currency swap at Eurex
Two more banks onboarding; CCP hoping to extend service to clients in 2020
Top 10 CCPs add $5.4 billion to liquidity pools in Q2
Clearing houses expand size of secured credit lines over the second quarter
Defaults would dent, but not destroy, CCP liquidity buffers
Max payment obligations in event of member default would be sufficiently covered
LCH leads top CCPs on operational failures
London-based clearing house said core systems were down for over seven hours in 12-month period
Futures rise to the occasion as SOFR surges
It's SOFR's time to shine
On CCP oversight, US and EU may be closer than they appear
Competing proposals on foreign CCP oversight have more in common than recent rhetoric implies
CME issued $1.8 billion VM call in Q2
Margin call was the fourth largest made by CME’s futures and options unit since disclosures began
Fed Funds Futures in a Post-ZIRP World
As the FOMC returns to more active management of its key target rate, Federal Funds futures have experienced dramatic growth.
What gold's rise means for rates, equities
It has been several years since we have seen volatility in gold. An increase in gold volatility can typically be associated with a change in sentiment and investor behavior. The precious metal has surged this year on increased demand for safe haven…
Ice, CME shore up clearing house recovery planning
Introduction of VMGH and tear-ups comes amid impasse over CCP recovery and resolution rules
SOFR futures volumes surge as overnight repo rates spike
Daily trading volume of one-month contracts climbs 156% between September 16-17
Benchmark reform, LCH-Eurex basis and FX algo fears
The week on Risk.net, September 7–13, 2019
SOFR discounting switch splits Goldman and JP Morgan
CFTC committee calls on clearing houses to align timing and compensation mechanisms
An old fight over margin protections rears its head
CFTC rules on margin and loss limits for separate accounts are being torn up for asset managers