Bonds
Index delays leave passive bond funds in purgatory
Moves to postpone index rebalancings could backfire as rating agencies press ahead with downgrades
Fed action fails to dampen spreads for riskier credits
Borrowing costs for some issuers are still two to three times the historical average
Quants warn on credit risk in stocks
Conventional models may be missing explosion in novel exposure
US banks still fret about cutting liquidity buffers
Fed instructions to banks to run down LCR undermined by governance rules, other liquidity metrics
Libor webinar playback: spotlight on bonds
Panellists from Lloyds, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities discuss efforts to switch to new lending benchmarks
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
Bonds and swaps struggled in virus volatility
Low liquidity and wider spreads amplified by remote working, traders claim
BoE’s new Sonia index gets a thumbs-up from issuers
Calculating coupons based on compounded Sonia was “a real nightmare” for some
Rates trading revenues up 154% at top US banks
Net gains on interest rates-related exposures top $21 billion
BoE to publish ‘golden source’ compounded Sonia index in July
UK to align with US in effort eliminate interest calculation mismatches and turbo-charge adoption
Synthetic Libor faces legal obstacles
EU benchmark rules may thwart ‘tough legacy’ fix, reviving calls for blanket legislation
EU funds loaded up on US debt in 2019
Net purchases of US debt up +962% in 2019
‘Rounding errors’ prompt EBRD to break with Sonia FRN norms
Index-friendly coupon structure touted as a template for future issuance in the UK market
‘Fallen angels’ pose little threat to EU funds
Passive fund outflows in a credit crisis would put pressure on high-yield bond prices
Full stream ahead for bonds
Price streaming offers cost savings and operational efficiencies, but it could fragment liquidity
The corporate bond revolution will be streamed
Dealers are piping feeds of live, executable prices direct to select clients
On eve of Brexit, PPF’s chief risk officer isn’t too worried
Stephen Wilcox talks about getting pensions paid without the benefit of controlling ‘UK Plc’
EU compounding confusion creates headaches for banks
With the fallback possibly illegal in some EU states, loan system updates may become more complicated
Lloyds plans £4bn Sonia shift for covered bond extension clause
Consent solicitation aims to flip one-year Libor-linked grace period on fixed instruments to RFR
EU banks pare back commodities risk
Risk-weighted assets for commodities trading positions under standardised approach fall almost 30%
Own-country risk makes up 42% of EU bank sovereign exposures
Polish, Estonian and Romanian banks most exposed to home governments
Sonia users push for official in-arrears rate
US Fed proposal for compounded SOFR index leads to calls for endorsement of NatWest’s Sonia calculation
Compounded rate out of favour, finds Japan survey
Users prefer forward-looking term rate to replace yen Libor, but dealers bemoan “lack of understanding”