Asia
Smaller Japan banks set to adopt CVA accounting
IFRS convergence levels playing field as regional banks start to price in credit risk
OTC client clearer of the year: Bank of America
Risk Awards 2020: Pivot to Europe pays off with market share growth and big client wins
Asia lenders usher in year of the virtual bank
The surge in online banking is informing risk technologies in traditional banks
The Fundamentals of market risk rules
With the 2022 Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) deadline looming, banks are fast coming to grips with the amount of work still to be done to achieve a successful implementation
Risk Awards 2020: The winners
BofA claims top derivatives prize; lifetime award for Benoît Coeuré; Goldman wins rates house
Currencies flow market-maker of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2020: Swiss bank shows block trading can still compete in the age of the algo
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
FCA steps up call for Libor ‘pre-death’ trigger in swaps
Failure to insert pre-cessation trigger could disrupt hedging of cleared swaps, warns regulator
G-Sibs eye simpler market risk calculations in Hong Kong
HKMA may need to ease rules on NMRFs to incentivise use of internal models
JP Morgan debuts Nexus spinoff for hedge fund exposure
Bank launches matchmaking service for lonely hedge funds and return-hungry investors
Sonia-Libor basis narrows after fallback verdict
Isda picks five-year median for spread adjustment, causing benchmark gap to tighten
HKEX outage zapped key hedge; now banks push for rule change
Dealers seek shutdown of CBBC market if futures go dark
Prime services – It’s about what you bring
There are many benefits to integration – particularly when it comes to the provision of prime services. Societe Generale has followed this path, which has allowed it to improve cost efficiency and improve the range of products it can offer. The bank has…
HK-China blockchain link tipped to boost trade finance
HSBC, StanChart and Bank of China welcome Hong Kong and China trade finance tie-up
Eastspring seeks to nurture growth with better data
Data mapping key to asset manager’s plans as parent pivots to Asia
Asia moves: HSBC hires Singapore liquidity chief, StanChart picks Asean head, and more
Latest job changes across industry
How slower growth in China could threaten financial reforms
Low GDP could mean reforms are forgotten
Hong Kong turmoil pushes HSBC’s credit loss charge higher
Third quarter expected credit loss charge was 62% higher than in Q2
Lending to shadow banks accelerates – BIS
Annualised growth rate of loans to non-bank financial institutions hits 13%
Morgan Stanley, JP clear first cross-currency swap at Eurex
Two more banks onboarding; CCP hoping to extend service to clients in 2020
Chinese banks look at swaptions pricing
Switch to market rate for loans prompts lenders to explore hedging tools
Hong Kong eyes SOFR solution for term fixing
New ‘proxy’ Honia could help change discount rate from Hibor to OIS for local swaps, says HKEX
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
Asia moves: Credit Suisse appoints equity research head, Natixis makes string of hires, and more
Latest job changes across the industry