Futures
Swaps counterparties spooked by Emir position pairing
Stumble on voluntary position reporting could undermine push to reform ETD regime
Drax, Brevan and the rise of the agency broker
JB Drax has become a key broker for at least 15 buy-side firms, including Brevan Howard. But what is driving the success of the secretive agency broker and its peers?
At Ice Clear US, largest margin breach on record
The clearing house last reported a margin shortfall in Q2 2017
Ice, CME set to launch new VAR models in early 2020
Bourses plan to switch margining of energy futures at different times, prompting speculation of “arbitrage opportunities”
JP Morgan warming to derivatives-based term RFR rates
Risk Live: Unlike Libor, the market has a say in them. (Though they may not be real term rates, executive muses)
Lingering Euribor may hit €STR futures prospects
Bourses question viability of euro RFR contracts as Euribor reform efforts remove transition incentives
Risk premia strategies – Lessons learned for the future
After a difficult 2018, investors are increasingly wary of risk premia, concerned that factors leading to underperformance might be a recurring problem. Imene Moussa, executive director at UBS, clarifies this issue
Libor replacement: a modelling framework for in-arrears term rates
Andrei Lyashenko and Fabio Mercurio expand rates modelling to the post-Libor world
Exchange leaders see a greening future in derivatives
On ESG, Europe leads the US, new products are sprouting and sourcing of metals is being examined
FCA: Sonia derivatives liquid enough to create term rates
Andrew Bailey says a forward-looking rate can work, but its use should be limited
Short-term bets push interest rate option volumes higher
Open interest in short-dated contracts surges 23% from December to March
Alternative Liquidity Measures
Is book depth a sufficiently representative measure of market liquidity? A look at trade matching performance under different market volatility environments
RJ O’Brien’s chief risk officer on margin models and clearing
CME’s looming switch to VAR model will have pronounced effect on broker and its clients, says Brad Giemza
All along the watchtower – Surveillance tools against market abuse
Surveillance tools against market abuse are enjoying a technological revolution in analytics, while anxious supervisors are also closing in on market practices. Risk.net hosted a webinar in association with NICE Actimize to analyse the threats and…
Traders back SOFR derivatives as repo hedge
Isda AGM: Market participants say products linked to the rate could mitigate quarter-end spikes
Brexit fear drives futures trades out of London
Transitions via FIA protocol have escalated since January as no-deal concerns mount
Parameter variation and the components of natural gas price volatility
This paper models natural gas returns explicitly, allowing for market participants to learn over time and to react differently to present changes in economic variables. This learning and adaptation, and the attendant parameter uncertainty, constitutes…
Traders soured on Vix futures in 2018
Open interest in Vix futures ended year 44% down from January peak
Eurex’s new Swiss rate futures in naming pickle
German exchange used ‘wrong month’ to name Saron futures
Lobbyists seek eleventh-hour Brexit relief for UK futures
EC urged to extend CCP safe harbour so listed derivatives don’t switch to OTC