United States (US)
Time for BoE to rethink the leverage ratio
The disparity of treatment keeps UK banks on an unlevel playing field
CME, FICC to overhaul Treasury market margining
Clearers eye deal to dramatically improve cross-margin savings, aim to extend offsets to end-users
Dealers back ‘SOFR first’ in bid to jump-start new rate adoption
Term SOFR recommendation would follow “in days, not weeks” of US swaps quoting convention switch
EU regulators want Basel sign-off before leverage ratio changes
Risk Live: Benefits of temporary leverage exemptions still to be determined, ECB official says
ARRC eyes July ‘SOFR first’ switch
Adoption of RFR for swaps quoting conventions should pave the way for term SOFR endorsement
CME rebuts accusations of procyclical margining
Merc issues white paper touting strong portfolio-level coverage during pandemic, rebuffs calls for higher MPOR
Fed casts doubt on future of Basel internal models in US
Banks warn Fed cannot keep commitment to avoid Basel III capital hike if it forbids models
Markit launches credit-sensitive SOFR alternatives
Crits can be used as add-on to SOFR, while Critr will be a standalone benchmark
Vanguard, FX forwards kingmaker
Counterparty Radar: How the fund giant influenced banks’ overall forwards fortunes in 2020
US unit of BBVA on the brink of a VAR breach in Q1
Largest loss-to-VAR ratio at the firm was highest among the 12 intermediate holding companies
Clock auctions: a stitch in time for Libor?
MIT professor says Nobel-inspired mechanism could cut basis risk and ease $74trn Libor shift
Archegos raises questions about Hong Kong listing rules
Deference to US disclosures stopped Baidu’s Hong Kong listing shining a spotlight on Archegos
Cyber attacks top threat to US financial system – bank CEOs
Lawmakers signal readiness to act as finance chiefs warn of heightened cyber risks
US banks add $130bn in carve-out assets as SLR relief ends
JP Morgan led the top US banks in increasing their stock of US Treasuries and excess reserves
Quant fund aims to tame bitcoin, and 39 other digital assets
Ex-Morgan Stanley, Winton vets reimagine institutional risk management for volatile crypto markets
Trouble in the family: regulators’ options after Archegos
What rule changes are needed in response to the messy collapse of Bill Hwang’s firm?
CDS market prepares to join Libor transition
Ice and LCH will switch to new rates for margin interest; Isda to follow in standard model update
CME wins term SOFR race
Fed-backed working group puts term rate back on track, but low volumes keep endorsement on hold
RWA density rises at Citi, BNY Mellon and State Street
The eight US G-Sibs reported total assets of $14.2 trillion, up 5% quarter on quarter
US watchdogs seek to govern bank AML systems as models
Banks fear prudential agencies’ move could hamper their own ability to fight financial crime
Could an Archegos blindside banks in Europe? Not really
Archegos’ banks were burnt by its hidden US swaps – in much of Europe, they would have to be public
Basel would readjust leverage ratio if reserves exempted
Basel’s Rogers says permanent relief for central bank reserves should lead to higher minimum ratio
UK to lose more swap trades when FCA Brexit powers expire
Relief granted under temporary transitional powers will end in December 2022 – unless changes are made
US Treasuries: a venerable market in need of fresh thinking
The world’s most important market has evolved ad hoc; bringing order to it will be no small task