Bonds
Insurers’ favourite credit rating becomes more expensive
US institutions face a dilemma: go up a rating and lose yield or go down a rating and increase risk
Green bonds risk failing TLAC test
Europe’s banks – in their scramble to issue ethical debt – butt up against tough rules on loss-absorbing capital
A defence against the next convexity crunch
Crédit Agricole rates traders describe a new way of hedging the risk of bond convexity
Mizuho tries its hand in European rates
Japanese bank bets on handful of deep relationships to compete in crowded European market
Federal bill unpicks some, not all, US Libor legacy knots
Legislative effort is progressing with bipartisan support, but non-US law contracts won’t benefit
Mitsubishi to issue first FRN linked to Japan’s risk-free rate
Issuer to use a compounded in-arrears average of Tona with 10-day observation shift
Federal tough legacy fix gives nod to alternative rates
Legislation does not “disfavor” alternative rates, but safe harbour may not stretch beyond SOFR
Banks hail UK plan to pare scope of taxing pre-trade reporting
UK wants to exempt bonds and OTC derivatives from Mifid rules on pre-trade transparency
After bruising EU model review, banks ask: ‘Why bother?’
Post-Trim changes erode capital savings from internal models while raising their running costs
Term SOFR gets cautious blessing for derivatives
ARRC use cases for forward RFR could accelerate derivatives' availability, though dealers must warehouse basis risk
EU considers postponing CSDR’s mandatory buy-ins
Industry faces unnecessary compliance costs if rules are enforced, despite being under review
New Isda definitions pave way for bespoke swaps clearing
Pick-and-mix grid of floating rate options will make it easier to clear post-Libor bond hedges
Confusion reigns as US prepares for Libor’s end
Mixed messages from US regulators make it more difficult to plan for life after Libor
How algos are helping inflation-wary investors
Buy-siders look to machine learning for clues on the effect of rising prices on portfolios
Green figures: EU funds search for sustainable taxonomy data
Fund managers must report compliance with taxonomy before many investee companies
The Libor replacement stakes: runners and riders
Credit-sensitive rates Ameribor and BSBY nose ahead of Ice, Markit and AXI; regulators keep watchful eye
CME, FICC to overhaul Treasury market margining
Clearers eye deal to dramatically improve cross-margin savings, aim to extend offsets to end-users
Markit launches credit-sensitive SOFR alternatives
Crits can be used as add-on to SOFR, while Critr will be a standalone benchmark
Accurate RFR hedges face liquidity trade-off, participants say
Isda AGM: Aligning swaps with assorted cash market conventions requires users to weigh liquidity cost
Op risk data: Money laundering gaffes cost ABN €480m in penalties
Also: Turkish crypto exchange’s missing $2bn; online payment scams rise during Covid. Data by ORX News
The bond venue using blockchain technology to plug leaks
LedgerEdge trading system aims to stop prices moving against users requesting quotes in larger sizes
Traders say BoE green bond purchase scheme could sap liquidity
Updated plan could spike market volatility – harming not only brown bonds, say dealers
Government bond swaptions and how they might work
Payoffs based on bond yields instead of swap rates could offer new hedging tool, argue Crédit Agricole execs
BofA kept up bond binge in Q1
Bank added $172bn of debt securities to portfolio over first three months of the year