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Trump tariffs sent FX options traders on a wild ride
As US assets sold off, dealers found themselves on the front lines of a hedging scramble
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Standard Chartered Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2024
India’s index inclusion could herald future flow shifts
Limited boost to FX flows after Indian govvies debut on JPM index may change as others follow suit
People: Masters moves into FNZ, Two Sigma founders step back, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US corporates tap euros for cheap debt and FX hedging
Interest rate differentials and cross-currency basis drive highest reverse Yankee issuance since Covid
People: SocGen’s Farah replaces Salorio, Deutsche makes credit hire, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
NatWest, StanChart, Nationwide drive record op RWAs at UK banks
BoE data shows operational risk RWAs highest going back to 2014
Bank treasuries should help monitor hidden optionality – JPM exec
Risk Live: JP Morgan ALM structurer calls for greater treasury involvement in product design
HSBC, StanChart SVAR charges hit multi-year highs
Stressed trading-loss measure makes up 43% of banks’ modelled market risk charges
Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets
Dealers are cutting back on Excel amid tighter regulation and risk concerns
People: Isda taps four new directors, O’Callaghan joins CA, Berlinski quits Goldman, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Higher revenue pushes HSBC’s op risk up 14%
Increased net interest income over 2023 major driver behind six-year high figure
HSBC leads global uptick in OTC derivatives clearing
Systemic banks cleared record €250 trillion in notionals in 2022
Blow-out on ‘dim sum’ bonds fuels boom in offshore rates options
Swaptions on USD/CNH swaps enjoy boost as investors adopt ‘all-you-can-eat’ approach to callables
Citi propels G-Sibs’ OTC derivatives notionals to nine-year high
Bank leapfrogged Goldman as fourth-largest derivatives dealer after 20% jump over 2022
UBS, three Chinese banks face higher capital surcharges
Credit Suisse and UniCredit dropped from G-Sib list in latest systemic risk assessment
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
Wells Fargo has thinnest TLAC headroom globally
Bail-in funds sat 8% above required amount at end-June, smallest gap among the 25 banks subject to the standard
US banks’ RWA density dwarfs that of European peers
Truist, Capital One and PNC Bank lead with risk density above 65%
BNP Paribas’s default contributions hit record high in H1
Requirements from CCPs up 19% across 13 EU and UK banks
StanChart sees big uptick in FX options positions
Counterparty Radar: UK bank benefits from MSIM trades as market for US mutual funds expands in Q2