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Ronin expanded rapidly before flaming out, accounts show
Chicago prop firm tapped $450m financing line with broker-dealer as assets grew to $34bn
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
Hedge funds cut short US Treasury futures exposure – CFTC data
Short open interest held by leveraged participants down 23% from 12-month peak
Credit assets of non-banks top $44trn
Hedge funds increase loan and bond holdings the most of shadow-banking entities
Ties between banks and non-banks at pre-crisis levels – FSB
Other financial intermediaries grow share of total financial assets to 30.5% in 2017
Growth of shadow banks slowed in 2018 – FSB
Funds susceptible to run risk make up 72% of narrowly-defined non-bank universe
Best CVA practices in Japan
At a recent roundtable in Tokyo, banks and regulators discussed progress on credit valuation adjustment (CVA). While, in many respects, the work towards implementing best practices in the country is on track, challenges remain in resourcing and…
SEC mulls extra scrutiny of US Treasuries trading venues
Roisman suggests US might apply full rigour of Reg ATS to non-exchange Treasuries platforms
Citi grows US swaps margin share in 2018
Citi remains the largest FCM, with a 27.5% share of total required client margin
Currencies flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2019: Credit innovation opens up market-making to previously out-of-reach customers
The initial margin challenge – Why the bang just got bigger
With uncertainty abounding as the industry heads into the final phases of implementation of the uncleared margin rules (UMR), Jean‑Paul Botha, delivery lead of financial trade documentation at Thomson Reuters Legal Managed Services, explores the…
Morgan Stanley FCM gains ground in Q2
Share of required client margin increases to 19% at end-June
If regulations don’t bend, they’ll break
Financial regulation should be adaptive, not reactive, argues Andrew Lo
Volcker rule revisions may complicate compliance – experts
US regulators’ efforts to simplify key test of trading intent could ramp up data demands
Citi fastest growing FCM; Credit Suisse loses ground – CFTC data
Citi grows client margin 36% in year to end-April, Credit Suisse shrinks 16%
US dealers agree to disclose corporate bond quotes
Market to get pre-trade transparency but big dealers remain on the sidelines
London-based banks face ECB Brexit power grab
Drive to supervise swaps books from Frankfurt threatens cross-border balance sheet management
Broker rankings 2017: survival of the biggest
Having a larger firm to stand under as compliance costs soar could be the best bet for the year ahead
Dealerweb doubles repo volume on electronic trading boost
Single-fee model gains traction among repo traders
Sponsored video: Frits Vogels, ICAP
Frits Vogels, chief executive officer, EMEA Broking at ICAP, shares his thoughts on the future of the interdealer broking markets
Interdealer brokers consolidate to survive
Four of top five firms in this year's rankings are involved in deals
SEC leverage ratio meetings alarm broker-dealers
US Treasury spread trades could face 850-fold jump in capital requirements
Risk Interdealer Rankings 2015: Competition heats up
Rankings tell a story of increasing competition