Basis risk
Cross-currency futures could ease bilateral burden – CME
Quarterly €STR-vs-SOFR contract could be used by Stir desks to manage currency basis risk
Swap dealers look internally to ease SOFR basis headaches
Traders are using their own banking units as a new outlet for reducing SOFR-versus-term SOFR risk
How repo roll risk could spoil US Treasury basis trade
Financing worries emerge as popular trade becomes increasingly reliant on overnight repo
Rising costs prompt US borrowers to embrace compounded SOFR
Sophisticated firms with term SOFR loans increasingly willing to run basis risk to cut hedging costs
CME in talks to clear term SOFR basis swaps
US clearing house has held discussions with some dealers about clearing term SOFR-SOFR packages
Banks mull structured notes as term SOFR basis hedge
ARRC signals opposition to passing term SOFR-SOFR basis risk to investors via structured payoffs
FRA-OIS demise leaves hole in bank treasury risk management
Banks now face ‘greater downside’ to widening credit spreads
Term SOFR trading ban remains as easing talks collapse
Fed working group resolute on interdealer trading restrictions despite looming capacity crunch
Canada approves term Corra rate
CARR restricts use cases but mulls allowing interdealer hedging of derivatives on new benchmark
CLO equity investors stung by Libor basis
Growing mismatch between one- and three-month tenors slashes payouts by a third
RBI’s VAR gauges hit new record
Banking and trading book risk rose in Q3 amid shifts in risk factor mix
Sluggish SOFR lending keeps CLO basis contained
Slow credit markets keep risk in check for CLO equity holders
SOFR swap basis could pose ‘systemic risk’
Trading curbs must be loosened to prevent tripling of unhedgeable basis risk, says senior banker
Barclays confronts ‘implausible’ macro risks
Talking Heads 2022: Bank is reaping rewards of sticking with its trading businesses, says macro head Lublinsky
Dealers predict Swap Connect will boost China’s swaps market
Banks expect strong interest from clients wishing to trade instruments onshore via new access scheme
Fortunes of VAR: dealers decry effect of war on risk models
European banks with large Russian derivatives exposures face risk of backtesting exceptions – and higher capital requirements
China stock slump hits snowball issuers
Sharp selloff in CSI 500 index threatens pain for local issuers of popular structured products
Pimco’s Brazilian real deal swells its swaps portfolio
Counterparty Radar: Bond investor held an 83% market share of BRL swaps traded with mutual funds at Q3 2021
Bumpy ride expected as Libor reaches end of road
Heavy reliance on contractual fallbacks leaves market facing series of post-cessation risks