Broker-dealer
Morgan Stanley set for biggest reset under softened eSLR
Bank’s leverage utilisation to fall from over 90% to 64% under new buffer
US CDS clearing drops to 11-month low in August
Retreat from CCPs tied to jump in uncleared contracts for peripheral geographies
Is 2027 the new 24-hour trading target?
Slew of technical issues and dearth of SEC staff compound exchanges’ reluctance for round-the-clock equity trading
Large US banks pile up CVA charges amid tariff shock
JP Morgan’s CVA risk-weighted assets saw largest jump in second quarter since Covid-19
Cat on life support after appeals court ruling
Consolidated Audit Trail’s funding order setback could herald its demise
US G-Sibs set to reclaim $6.6trn in leverage room under eSLR reform
Replacement of fixed 2% buffer with variable add-on could cut requirements by up to 150bp
Surging gross repo costs highlight US dealers’ divergence on netting
Lack of offsetting in GAAP presentation leads BNY and Northern Trust to report paying double- or triple-digit rates on fed funds, repos
Inside the company that helped build China’s equity options market
Fintech firm Bachelier Technology on the challenges of creating a trading platform for China’s unique OTC derivatives market
Nasdaq leads push to reform options regulatory fee
Proposed rule change would pare costs for traders, raise them for banks and defund smaller venues
Record share of OTC trades eschews interdealer, CCP channels
More than one-fourth of global notional involves a single dealer and is not cleared, BIS data shows
Deutsche’s IRC tops €8 billion in four-year high
Ballooning credit-event risk charge contrasts with Q3 drop at BNP Paribas, ING
Goldman’s unmatched sold credit protection up 15% in Q3
Written notionals not hedged by buying identical protection on riskiest names jumped 85%
Barclays dethrones JP Morgan as largest OTC derivatives dealer
UK bank’s notionals surged 12.6% to $49 trillion in 2023, G-Sib indicators show
US primary dealers mark largest settlement failures to date under T+1
Hung-trade volumes hit highest in two years at the end of September
Banks take aim at Gruenberg’s brokered deposit rule
Regulatory lawyers question need to reverse 2020 rulemaking just four years later
Gensler to stick to Treasury clearing timetable
SEC chief promises to keep up the pressure for done-away trades
US repo-clearing premium soared to post-pandemic high in Q3
Spread to non-cleared tri-party rates widened earlier and further than in previous quarters
JPM’s EU arm outpaced bloc’s top dealers on OTC derivatives in 2023
A 30% surge in notionals coincided with a departure from central clearing
How Risk.net’s robots unlocked Ucits trade data
Machine learning tool helps reveal the largest European derivatives users – and who they trade with
UBS Americas’ clearing rate dips post Credit Suisse integration
US arm of Swiss bank cleared $47bn in notionals in the second quarter, the lowest since end-2021
Credit options notional for top US dealers soars 45.3%
Investor demand for puts and calls drives balances near Q1 2022 record