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NeoClear enters battle for euro swaps clearing
Paris-based CCP to challenge Eurex and LCH with planned 2027 launch
Staff exodus sparks questions about LMAX’s FX swaps venue
At least nine execs that joined from FX HedgePool – including CEO Jay Moore – have left the company
EU states take the slow road to new cross-border services ban
Late national transposition hampers foreign banks’ decisions on location of affected activities
Op risk data: Corporate spies spell trouble for BBVA
Also: BofA buttonholed for alleged Epstein links; minority shareholders take a bite of Brookfield. Data by ORX News
Asian banks close out energy clients as Iran war bites
Firms with short jet fuel positions faced losses up to $100 million as initial margin soared 566%
The dollar do-si-do: hedgers review FX moves
Brief return of US dollar to safe-haven status amid Iran upheaval prompts real money investors to pause hedging activity
The rise of AI politics
AI should not be treated as just another technology, writes MAS adviser David Hardoon
Don’t mention the rules: the fight against prediction market abuse
For the CFTC to regulate new venues effectively, it must first redefine insider trading
AI risk management and the shift to capability control
By reframing validation, banks can align innovation with regulatory demands and maintain robust risk discipline, argues risk manager
Middle East crisis revives demand for VKOs – with a twist
Equity investors balance fear and optimism by pairing 2022’s best hedge with lookback options
Banks eye agentic AI to streamline KYC workflows
Execs from ING, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered tell how they plan to tap AI to optimise onboarding
Small bond fund breaks ranks with bumper sovereign CDS bets
Counterparty Radar: Boston Management and Research builds sizeable protection-heavy positions across narrower set of issuers
Tokenised commodities could help oil the machine
Shifting physical assets onto the blockchain eases collateral frictions, argues crypto expert
Can the US FRTB revamp make the IMA great again?
Banks are finally presented with a viable internal models framework under Basel III’s market risk rules
In the age of GenAI, why do we still need good models?
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud says models can guide artificial intelligence through regime shifts and away from overfitting
The do-it-all machine: model risk in the age of generative AI
Banks race to understand risks posed by new breed of multi-purpose bots
UK rethinking tougher capital rules for US bank subsidiaries
US endgame draft would trigger UK Basel III trap floor for foreign banks, but PRA is reviewing
Iran confusion makes the case for causal modelling
A new test model built using Claude suggests oil prices may surge back above $100
EBA proposes drastic overhaul to supervisory data reporting
Revamp will cut back the number of datapoints and integrate overlapping reports
Top 10 op risks: AI upends risk taxonomies
AI risk enters annual poll in fifth, but firms split over treating it as a standalone risk or a cross-cutting driver
Indian banks in race against clock to unwind USD/INR trades
An estimated $7 billion of open arbitrage trades must come off the books by April 10
smartTrade eyes role as direct streaming linchpin
Vendor plans to tap growing demand for direct API trading solutions across asset classes
The swap futures comeback
CME cross-margining and Reit hedging drive new growth in Eris contracts
CFTC wants to regulate prediction markets. Is it up to the task?
Former officials echo state gambling authorities’ concerns over agency’s ability to police betting risks
Crypto for normies: EDX puts old twist on new asset class
Citadel-backed venue applies trad risk concepts to digital assets – now it’s trying to snag the banks
Top 10 op risks: Playing catch-up on geopolitical risk
Op risk managers downplayed prospect of a major conflict ahead of Iran war
Mutual funds are trading inflation like it’s 2022 again
Counterparty Radar: USD CPI notionals hit record levels even before March’s jump in energy prices
When trading speed outruns governance: the split-second control gap
A new form of light-driven electronics could be the next risk in market infrastructure, explains derivatives expert
Russell’s flexi hedging aims to tame jumpy yen
Japanese clients can dynamically switch hedging profile based on USD/JPY movements
