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FCA’s synthetic Libor plan could trigger US legal disputes
Tough legacy solution threatens to override existing fallbacks in some US law contracts
Global banks’ systemic footprint grew at record pace in 2021
Every indicator up on previous year, only the second time in G-Sib assessment history
Eurozone G-Sib waiver cuts BNP Paribas a break
New carve-out of intra-bloc exposures prompts drop in French bank’s surcharge
Cross-border risk dominates 2022 G-Sib scores
Overseas lending and borrowing largest contributor to scores of banks in Canada, EU, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and UK
FCA proposes using CME’s term SOFR for synthetic US Libor
IBA agrees to use rival’s ARRC-endorsed benchmark to avoid bifurcating the market
World Omni ditched term SOFR tranche in latest ABS
Toyota deal drew ARRC’s ire, but some bankers still see a case for using term SOFR in auto ABS
Spat over Toyota deal stalls vote on easing term SOFR curbs
ARRC concerned by use of forward rate in securitisations, stands firm on swaps restrictions
New risk indicator shifts EU’s G-Sib score heatmap
Revision in substitutability category inflates mid-sized banks’ score, lowers G-Sibs’
ABN Amro has EU’s biggest trading volume, new indicator shows
Bank’s activity in secondary market is 2.4 times Deutsche Bank’s
Islamic mutual funds: contracts, structures, screening and pricing mechanisms
The authors investigate the contracts, structures, screening, pricing mechanisms of Islamic Mutual Funds and attempt to harmonize and standardize the benchmarks of these funds
Raiffeisen to rejoin Euribor panel, reversing exodus
Austrian bank’s return as benchmark contributor could be “turning point” for interbank rate, says administrator
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
Market shrugs off EC’s plan to change gas benchmark
Dutch TTF prices unmoved, as market participants say they are “not taking it seriously”
LCH cuts to the chase in SOR conversion plan
Proposal would skip interim stage in demise of Singapore’s outgoing rate
Split emerges over data requirements for term €STR
Refinitiv warns against relying on Level 2 inputs, as Emmi targets October launch
Market welcomes SOR fallback consensus
Clarification of five-year median spread adjustment is helpful, but “no magic bullet”
Canada term rate plan sparks ‘inverted pyramid’ debate
Some dealers push back on forward-looking Corra proposal amid low derivatives liquidity
Why a US fund manager added $4.8bn of Libor swaptions in Q1
Columbia Threadneedle’s eyebrow-raising trades were part of an effort to clean up legacy hedges
‘Strong case’ for US synthetic Libor in bond markets
Temporary publication under SOFR-based methodology could mop up 40% of dollar bond issues
ARRC reconvenes task force to evaluate term SOFR curbs
Concerns over one-sided market for term SOFR swaps prompts review of ‘scope of use’ guidelines
Swaptions transition snags trigger term SOFR calls
Liquidity flips to RFR but laggards struggle with behavioural quirks for contracts referencing overnight rates
Libor/SOFR basis like ‘free money’ for early movers – GS trader
Sharp narrowing of basis swaps below fallback spreads has failed to open transition floodgates
EC official signals ‘preference’ for synthetic US Libor fix
UK regulator has resisted calls for a synthetic fallback for legacy dollar contracts