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Structured products gain favour among Chinese enterprises
The Chinese government’s flagship national strategy for the advancement of regional connectivity – the Belt and Road Initiative – continues to encourage the outward expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Here, Guotai Junan International…
Discover, Capital One loans ravaged by Fed stress test
Credit card losses especially pronounced among regional US lenders
Risk-free rates may fail liquidity test for hedge accounting
Experts fear trades referencing SOFR and €STR will not be eligible for hedging relief
Libor Risk Q&A – KPMG
Chris Dias and Chris Long, principals and global Libor solution co-leads, discuss key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic, the benefits and…
Risk Technology Awards 2020 – Coping with Covid uncertainty
Scenarios scrapped, rules revised and holes plugged – how the winners of the Risk Technology Awards 2020 are adjusting to the Covid‑19 pandemic
Key steps in the transition to SOFR
Phil Whitehurst, head of service development, rates, SwapClear at LCH, offers his insight into when a term structure for the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) is likely to be established, what will be required for this to become a reality and what…
Ronin expanded rapidly before flaming out, accounts show
Chicago prop firm tapped $450m financing line with broker-dealer as assets grew to $34bn
Counterparty credit risk – Why data is only valuable in context
Paul Whitmore, global head of counterparty risk solutions at Fitch Solutions, explains how qualitative data can add colour and insight to quantitative metrics for assessing the creditworthiness of counterparty banks
Uncharted waters
How pension plans can better equip themselves for a period of economic upheaval. By Matthew Seymour, RiskFirst, a Moody’s Analytics Company
Seeing red over blue-chip swap in Argentina’s NDF fiasco
Emta protocol salve aside, peso settlement rate snafu is a warning for emerging market FX derivatives
A sea change – Driving awareness to confront climate risk
Amid a global push towards green policies, the reality of overhauling how industries worth trillions of dollars operate is causing concern. A forum of market participants and sponsors of this report discuss the levels of awareness of climate risk and its…
Leverage is underestimated
Off-balance sheet funding is large, rising and not fully accounted for in leverage metrics
ICAAP/ILAAP – Unlocking business value from capital and liquidity assessment
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital adequacy and assessment process (ICAAP) and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP) important tools in managing risk. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) updated guidance – which came into effect…
Systemic US banks shed $70bn of repo exposure in Q4
Goldman Sachs lowered repo exposures 13% quarter-on-quarter
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Will uncleared margin rules change the FX landscape?
As the next phases of uncleared margin rules come into force, there will be an economic driver for more clearing of FX. By Phil Hermon, Executive Director of FX Products at CME Group
OTC client clearer of the year: Bank of America
Risk Awards 2020: Pivot to Europe pays off with market share growth and big client wins
The theoretical foundations of XVAs
Bloomberg analyses the theoretical basis of XVAs, focusing on the works and findings of its head of quantitative XVA analytics, Mats Kjaer, who emphasises the role of the capital valuation adjustment as a major driver of derivatives trading profitability…
Off-balance-sheet exposures at JP Morgan climb $19.8bn in Q3
Goldman Sachs expands off-balance-sheet exposures 10% quarter-on-quarter
Prime services – It’s about what you bring
There are many benefits to integration – particularly when it comes to the provision of prime services. Societe Generale has followed this path, which has allowed it to improve cost efficiency and improve the range of products it can offer. The bank has…
How slower growth in China could threaten financial reforms
Low GDP could mean reforms are forgotten
Structural snags frustrate STS for synthetics
Curbs on excess spread and collateral stymie route to ‘high-quality’ signifier
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…