Liquidity
Who blew up gas prices? (It wasn’t just Russia)
Government buying, climate risk and short squeezes may have led to ‘horrendous’ gas market margin calls
BoE official signals tough stance on CCP skin in the game
Default waterfalls must include a second tranche of CCP capital, says Cunliffe
Relative value trades face Treasury clearing squeeze
SEC’s clearing proposals may hurt levered basis trades and worsen illiquidity in off-the-run bonds
A new approach to marking volatility of illiquid options
Julius Baer quant’s arbitrage-free solution overcomes challenge of sparse data
No clear gain: banks question SEC’s Treasuries clearing plan
US Treasuries dealers say clearing won’t help post-Covid illiquidity – and could harm it
UBS cuts liquidity valuation adjustments to record low
Bank lowered bid-offer fair value discount to reflect current levels of market liquidity
Illiquid assets throw UK pensions off balance
Collapse in equity and bond prices leaves some funds with outsized exposure to private holdings
Tapping into liquidity in the high-yield bond market
How can investors access the potential for greater returns from the high-yield bond market while keeping liquidity risk in check?
Credit Suisse’s LCR down 20% in October as depositors flee
Sub-group liquidity requirements breached as chatter around bank’s solvency spurred cash outflows
Risk contagion and bank stability: the role of credit risk and liquidity risk
The authors put forward a systemic risk measurement model and measure systemic risk in China's banking sector for the period 2013-18.
Pension funds face intraday margin calls from anxious clearers
Some banks stick with T+1 margin posting, but others balk at funding cost and counterparty risk
Pensions regulator plays down LDI risk to EU
Eiopa doubts UK gilt market chaos could occur to same degree in Europe
Sculpting implied volatility surfaces of illiquid assets
From the stock cumulative distribution function an arbitrage-free volatility surface is derived
Pensions eye collateral facilities to buffer market turmoil
Arrangements would allow funds to exchange riskier assets like corporate bonds for cash or gilts
Fragile liquidity puts markets in ‘danger zone’
Some measures of trading conditions are as poor as in 2008
How requests for quotes could amount to ‘insider information’
Lawyers say Esma’s incoming pre-hedging guidance could make firms liable for multimillion-euro fines
European banks’ aggregate LCR dips as outflows rise
Net cash outflows outpaced HQLAs, but liquidity reserves remain plump
Euro banks’ funding plans lag TLTRO repayments – EBA
Survey on funding plans shows banks don’t plan to replace ECB lines just yet
Pension funds foresaw margin meltdown (a decade ago)
Years of warnings went largely unheeded. Questions may now spread to post-crisis clearing and margining project
Talking Heads 2022: Rates market ruckus
Inaugural interview series looks at how sell-side traders are adapting to a world of surging inflation and rates
Ice to accept EUAs as collateral
Emissions certificates accepted to offset short EUA futures positions, subject to 14-day comment period
Duffie: SEC plan heralds all-to-all Treasuries trading
Former Fed adviser welcomes long-advocated Treasuries clearing mandate
House of the year, Malaysia: CIMB
Asia Risk Awards 2022
Liquidity risk solution of the year: Oracle Financial Services
Asia Risk Awards 2022