Europe
Credit Suisse CDSs offer no reprieve for AT1 losses
Legal experts pore over credit definitions after AT1 writedown
Alarm over gas futures market’s ongoing flight to OTC
Worries focus on potential for hidden systemic risks and lack of accessibility for smaller firms
Eurex-LCH basis hits new highs amid rates vol
10-year price gap spikes to 4bp as 30-year whipsaws; Eurex gauge indicates stable flow balance
Credit Suisse’s funding disclosures raise questions
The bank reported $141 billion of “other exposures” in NSFR at the end of 2022
CaixaBank, UniCredit most exposed to rate increases in Europe
Banks report largest hits in IRRBB tests, but remain clear of fail threshold
EU banks need ‘billions’ in hedges to pass new NII test
Declines in net interest income can be hedged, but the markets may struggle to handle the demand
Tales from the crypto prompt calls for FX-style market structures
Demands for interdealers and prime brokers to be brought into crypto market in wake of FTX debacle
Missing Basel metric could have revealed SVB risks
US regulators did not implement economic value of equity test that SVB failed badly in 2021
Ice exec rejects cloud for critical infrastructure
FIA Boca 2023: SVP Bland “can’t imagine” outsourcing critical infrastructure; DRW’s Wilson warns of concentration risk
Emmi seeks to ditch ‘expert judgement’ in Euribor overhaul
Q3 consultation would centralise Level 3 submissions with administrator in bid to expand panel
People: More Goldman sackings, Citi promotes for Emea, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Is Euribor on borrowed time, or here for the duration?
As €STR gains traction, traders are still hedging their bets on a euro benchmark transition
Still Trussed up: UK pensions confront fallout from LDI crisis
Trustees and consultants are making risky trade-offs as interim guidance increases the cost of hedging
BNP Paribas quants ‘industrialise’ portfolio construction
Firm says tech, five years in development, takes two hours to do jobs that previously took two days
Esma still wants more tools to tackle clearing crises
Even after Emir 3 draft, EU regulator would like more powers over both foreign and domestic CCPs
Rising rates lead to greater interest in structured products
Trading volumes ‘could increase fivefold’ as a result of short-term rates rise
Basel III TLAC shortfall widens to €30bn
Three systemic banks responsible for the increase in latest Basel Committee assessment
Top 10 operational risks for 2023
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
OK regulator? How AI became respectable for AML controls
Dutch court case pressures supervisors to accept new tech; explainability the key challenge
Club rules? How German retail trading venues shut out PTFs
Murky rule books prevent non-bank market-makers from competing for Europe’s growing online customer demand
The haves and the ‘have bots’: can AI give vol forecasters an edge?
Firms look to machine learning and natural language processing to gain advantage over peers
MTS and WeMatch combine to launch euro swap MTF
New venue to start as interdealer but will soon take on Tradeweb in the dealer-to-client market
CCP ‘skin in the game’ still dwarfed by member contributions
Even as markets churned in 2022, clearing houses coughed up only 2% of funds at end-September – the same as the previous year
Why risk managers don’t trust the EU’s new IRRBB test
And why there may never be a perfect way of assessing the risks of changes in net interest income