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Credit Suisse CDS blip spotlights obligations list overhaul
Isda began work on updating reference instruments before banking crisis erupted

Simm’s first off-cycle rejig hits non-cleared rates
Recalibration lifts initial margin for some products by 37% after year-end volatility forces update

Vue CDS triggered, but payout showtime still in doubt
Lack of public debt information raises more questions about credit event determinations

Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023: adapting to new market dynamics
Winners of the 2023 Commodity Rankings provided reliability when clients faced extreme change
People: More Goldman sackings, Citi promotes for Emea, and more
Latest job news across the industry
People: LME chair quits, Goldman and BlackRock lay-offs, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
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
Phase six margin cohort may exceed estimates as vol bites
Acadia sees numbers around one-third higher than initial count, with fewer set to rely on relief
Rival platforms battle to control electronic trading of CLOs
Octaura has the backing of dealers, while Kopentech is leaning into its buy-side roots
Bond issues stumble on liquidity drought – Aviva treasurer
Insurer’s £500 million RT1 notes narrowly avoid market freeze as ECB ends asset purchases
Commodities threaten pain for initial margins
Market volatility and spot-based Simm approach may drive large margin spikes in little-tested asset class
Ucits’ clash with IM rules could cause collateral damage
Strict collateral reuse guidelines may restrict popular investment vehicles’ hedging capabilities
Dealers fear operational ‘cliff edge’ when Libor disappears
Over-reliance on fallbacks could lead to failures at year-end
Eonia trading shuts down as CCPs make €STR switch
Dealers and venues step back from Eonia swaps after contracts become unclearable
State Street launches tri-party custody for IM clients
Third-party provider begins shifting phase five clients to full-service collateral model
Phase five margin queues spur calls for custody revamp
Custodians urged to update “antiquated technology” ahead of three-fold jump in phase six initial margin onboarding
BlackRock to grant funds power to track climate risks
Aladdin system holding trillions of dollars to show whether funds are burning the Earth or saving it
Amundi, Axa urge boardroom pay cuts for climate laggards
Link remuneration to carbon-emission goals and companies will get serious, say large investors
APG hires in-house weatherman to interpret climate data
Europe’s wettest summer in a century prompts asset managers to calculate flood risk for real estate
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
After Archegos, prime brokers put the squeeze on hedge funds
Hedge funds are told they will need to pay more margin, more frequently, to back their trades
Hedges are in short supply as inflation quickens
UK pension funds want to hedge against rising prices, but the government is not issuing enough bonds
Do investors want Barclays to keep financing fossil fuels?
Barclays presented SSGA with an ‘ambitious’ climate plan, but neither firm will say how it works
FCA tells asset managers to challenge companies on climate
A few serious attempts to change behaviour beats lots of shallow attempts, says UBS’s investing arm