Central banks
The Libor transition – Let’s talk about SOFR
Time is ticking to Libor’s planned decommission date of December 31, 2021. Firms need to move quickly to execute their transition strategies, and having unique insight into certain key issues can aid decision-making. Numerix’s Ping Sun discusses…
Cliff effect might demand risk calculation agility until Libor cessation
Didier Loiseau, global head of rates, bonds and credit at Murex, examines the problems that originate from the spread calculation technicality stipulated by the new International Swaps and Derivatives Association Ibor fallback supplement, which…
Regulatory compliance – A little proactivity goes a long way
Regulatory compliance has historically been viewed by the majority of capital markets participants as an unavoidable cost of doing business. Refinitiv explores why it may be time for firms to change their perspectives and approach various compliance…
Bank investors still don’t think bail-in will happen, FSB told
Questions over bailing in bank bondholders mean problem of too big to fail persists, experts warn
The top risk management trends in the Asean region
Setting the scene in preparation for the Risk Asean conference in October, a group of industry experts debate and discuss the top trends in risk management the Asean region will need to look out for in 2021 and beyond
Facebook’s libra could disrupt collateral markets – IMF paper
Collateral used to back ‘stablecoins’ such as libra will be unavailable for reuse
Why a top quant wants to be wrong about markets
Former Pimco quant Rebonato sees weak returns, inflation and sovereign debt troubles ahead
SocGen’s digitised bond passes settlement test
Banque de France-backed deal pips private consortiums in dummy run for digital currency trades
Why credit risk managers need to see around corners
The Covid‑19 pandemic – and the subsequent extreme volatility – has exposed the fragility of long-established market and supply chain systems, affecting borrowers’ ability to repay debt. David Croen, global head of credit risk products at Bloomberg,…
Appetite for renewed Fed dollar swap lines in doubt
With up to $300bn of positions nearing expiry, some say FX swap market can meet banks’ funding needs
Deutsche Bank liquidity buffer shrinks €17bn
Clients’ clamour for cash forces bank to monetise liquidity pool
Finma relief unlocks $90bn of leverage exposure at Credit Suisse
Central bank deposit carve-out is intended to support lending
El-Erian on Covid-19 policy risks and central bank capture
Former Pimco chief says Fed has gone too far, market function rules needed and chance opens for shared policy load
Left out of Fed action, lower-rated CMBS overheat
BBB yield-to-worst spirals as highly-rated bonds recover after central bank and government intervention
Climate risk – Special report 2020
As governments worldwide focus on the coronavirus (Covid‑19) pandemic amid plummeting demand for fossil fuels, it may seem climate change has dropped down the global agenda. Firms that don’t assess the climate risk in their portfolios, or hedge or divest…
FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?
Traders split on whether virus impact, or central bank responses, will prove most powerful
Japan banks seize on US dollar funding
Daily facilities drawn upon extensively this week
A sea change – Driving awareness to confront climate risk
Amid a global push towards green policies, the reality of overhauling how industries worth trillions of dollars operate is causing concern. A forum of market participants and sponsors of this report discuss the levels of awareness of climate risk and its…
Banks rush to tap new dollar liquidity facilities
ECB saw strongest demand: $75.8 billion out of the new 12-week programme
The impact of climate change on banks
Over the past few years, concern and public discussion around environmental damage and climate change – and their social impacts – have increased dramatically. Peter Plochan, principal risk management advisor at SAS, discusses some key ideas to allow…
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
Clearing members in cash clash with Apac CCPs
Banks and clearing houses wrangle over who should pay for losses on invested collateral
Near-real-time monitoring in real-time gross settlement systems: a traffic light approach
This paper develops a method to identify quantitative risks in financial market infrastructures (FMIs) that is inspired by the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures.