Nasdaq
Default auctions, Libor replacement and op risk capital
The week on Risk.net, August 10-16, 2019
SGX’s Koh defends clearing methods post-Nasdaq
Existing tools still work, despite external scrutiny on default management, says risk chief
LCH tightens harness on market experts in defaults
CCP sets punctilious rules for loaned traders to be ready for defaults – or to pre-empt them
Ice, CME set to launch new VAR models in early 2020
Bourses plan to switch margining of energy futures at different times, prompting speculation of “arbitrage opportunities”
Exchange leaders see a greening future in derivatives
On ESG, Europe leads the US, new products are sprouting and sourcing of metals is being examined
Podcast: Kaminski on lessons from commodity market defaults
Professor Vince Kaminski analyses Nasdaq and PJM defaults
Don’t fear the clearer
Wider use of CCPs not systemic threat – but participants do face hard-to-measure risks
Will the Nasdaq default spur CVA for CCPs?
Quant proposes model to calculate bank credit risk exposure to CCP
CCP risk panels aren’t listening, banks say
Simmering resentment surfaces as two banks insist committees be more responsive to clearing members
Nasdaq auction failure ignites anti-clearing backlash
CCP members wary of illiquid risks
Banks split over sending traders to default auctions
After Nasdaq auction failed, some see need for traders in process; others can’t afford to lose them
CFTC official: CCPs should war-game default auctions
Risk appetite should be factor in selecting auction participants – Wasserman
Regulators to scrutinise CCP default auctions
CPMI-Iosco preps discussion paper as banks warn further guidance needed after Nasdaq default
Margin or membership? Regulators react to Nasdaq default
Six supervisors – from Bafin to the MAS – downplay idea of mandatory increase in futures MPOR
A tale of two CCPs
Nasdaq and Ice breaches carry warnings for the market
BIS slams Nasdaq Clearing for risk management failures
Clearing member says it is giving notice to quit bourse, citing concerns over concentration of risk on venue
Brace for more Nasdaq-like losses, HKEx CRO warns
Roland Chai says defaults more likely as global instability increases; CCPs should focus on auction processes
Q&A: CFTC’s Quintenz talks bitcoin, Nasdaq breach, algo trading
On cryptocurrencies, commissioner worries about spot market, but has confidence in big futures exchanges
After Nasdaq, cracks appear in foundation of clearing
Default fund loss triggers debate on risk sharing, auction rules and ‘skin in the game’ at CCPs
The aftershocks of Einar Aas
Energy could be particularly badly affected by the €114m default of Nasdaq power trader Einar Aas
Risk.net podcast: OCC’s Fennell on Nasdaq breach, crypto and ‘skin in the game’
Clearing house is “seriously considering” contributing to own default waterfall
Nasdaq default: rivals question direct clearing
“Was this individual margined correctly?” asks Ice’s Sprecher
Lessons from two commodity defaults
Regulators and exchanges need to learn from the Greenhat/PJM and Norwegian Nasdaq defaults
Margin rules, resolution and the end of QE
The week on Risk.net, September 22–28, 2018