Asia Risk
Rise in CCPs may spur collateral fragmentation
Currency controls
Central clearing obligations cause collateral headaches in Asia
Collateral thinking
Asia Risk interdealer rankings 2013: The winners
Asia Risk interdealer rankings 2013: The winners
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: BGC Partners
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: BGC Partners
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: Société Générale
Interdealer rankings 2013 winner: Société Générale
DVA for assets
DVA for assets
ASX to use cross-margining efficiencies in battle for Australia clearing market
Australian domestic clearing house hoping to use lower margin costs as a means to win market share
Repo markets in Asia set to grow on the back of Basel III
Don't fear the repo
RBI sees developing repo markets necessary in meeting Basel liquidity rules
India central bank views repo as an increasingly important market in the wake of Basel III implementation
Chinese equity derivatives master agreement close to being finalised
Securities firms in China have begun trading OTC equity derivatives, with a final master agreement expected soon
Little incentive for China to implement Fatca
The US is pushing to sign up as many countries as possible to an IGA, but for China signing an IGA appears less appealing
Basel II implementation in Vietnam by 2015 remains challenging
While the Vietnam regulator is consulting on setting up an asset management company to take on NPLs to help clean up domestic banks' balance sheets, slow progress is being made towards Basel II
Revised LCR falls short on ending Basel III concerns over trade finance
The relaxation of Basel III’s liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements have been a major boon to trade finance, a sector which expected to suffer badly from the new regulatory regime. But not all issues related to Basel III have been resolved
Proposed derivative restrictions for Singapore insurers to have a limited impact
New MAS proposals to unify investment guidelines for all insurers, and in doing so limit derivatives usage, will not affect existing investment policies for insurance firms
OTC derivatives trading for securities companies to take off in China
Pilot programmes by the CSRC to encourage OTC derivatives trading for securities companies in China
Yen threatened by Japan insurers unwinding dollar/yen hedging positions
While foreign hedge funds have been driving down the value of the yen, now Japan insurers may strengthen the trend
VA providers seek regulatory boost to products in Asia
Variable probabilities
Editorial: The definition of extraterritorial
New meanings
Closing out DVA
Closing out DVA
Special report: Clearing
In the clear?
Q&A: Jae-Joon Lim, KRX
Q&A: Jae-Joon Lim, KRX
On the move
On the move
BoJ target leaves Japan inflation swap market unmoved
Doubling Japan's inflation target has been viewed as a big deal internationally but players on the ground say the impact on the domestic inflation market has been limited