Benchmark
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
HKEX eyes options contracts on MSCI A-shares index
Warrant issuers could benefit from roll-out of additional hedging instruments
TMX, CanDeal set to launch risk-free Canadian term rate
Forward-looking version of Corra will take over as official loan benchmark next year
CSRs fight for survival after ‘damning’ Iosco verdict
Standard-setter accused of ignoring its own principles and failing to back up its conclusions
Sizing cyber: banks split on who owns and measures hack threats
G-Sibs split on risk modelling and management for IT disruption and infosec
Invesco is first US mutual fund to trade €STR swaptions
Counterparty Radar: Trades were some of just a handful of €STR swaptions to hit the market this year
Canada considering interdealer trading in term Corra swaps
‘Where Canada’s market structure is unique, we will forge our own path,’ says benchmark body co-chair
Iosco criticism dents AFX’s plans for Ameribor derivatives
SOFR alternative continues to be widely used to price regional bank loans
Banks begin tackling climate stress tests of trading books
Market risk professionals see major shortcomings in available scenarios
Dealers tackle US Libor swaptions transition
Complexity of legacy book and CCP deadlines sees banks turn to new Capitalab service
Iosco deals hammer blow to BSBY, Ameribor
Non-compliance ruling does not equate to a ban, but may strangle use by regulated firms
Refinitiv beefs up term €STR with cleared LCH swaps
Use of OIS transaction prices reflects data-sufficiency worries and euro-market desire for T+1 publication
CME in talks to clear term SOFR basis swaps
US clearing house has held discussions with some dealers about clearing term SOFR-SOFR packages
Euro Axi rate proposed as Euribor fallback
New study lays groundwork for euro version of across-the-curve credit spread index
Hedge funds boost new Tona futures market
Arbitrageurs said to be behind early trading as contracts tipped to prove useful for US buy-siders
Banks mull structured notes as term SOFR basis hedge
ARRC signals opposition to passing term SOFR-SOFR basis risk to investors via structured payoffs
Long-end euro swap pricing anomaly remains largely untapped
Deviation in swap curve attracts limited interest because of regulatory and pension reform barriers
Regional banks face soaring term SOFR spreads
Bid/offers hit 10bp as dealers price counterparty risk into non-cleared Libor transition trades
Easing of trading curbs is no quick fix for term SOFR swaps
ARRC’s new guidelines will do little to improve liquidity, but may keep a lid on spiralling basis
Fed’s Bowman confirms interdealer term SOFR ban
Isda AGM: Further softening ruled out after April reprieve lifts curbs on term SOFR basis swaps
FRA-OIS demise leaves hole in bank treasury risk management
Banks now face ‘greater downside’ to widening credit spreads
Tradeweb lodges MAT application for SOFR and Sonia swaps
If accepted by the CFTC, trades referencing the benchmarks must be traded on-Sef from June 1
Emmi seeks to ditch ‘expert judgement’ in Euribor overhaul
Q3 consultation would centralise Level 3 submissions with administrator in bid to expand panel
Is Euribor on borrowed time, or here for the duration?
As €STR gains traction, traders are still hedging their bets on a euro benchmark transition